Pipe spotters
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Reed Spotter ( Donacobius atricapilla ) |
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| Donacobiidae | ||||||||||||
| Aleixo & Pacheco , 2006 | ||||||||||||
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| Donacobius | ||||||||||||
| Swainson , 1831 | ||||||||||||
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| Donacobius atricapilla | ||||||||||||
| ( Linnaeus , 1766) |
The pipe spotter or the pipe mocking thrush ( Donacobius atricapilla , Syn . : Donacobius atricapillus ) is a South American songbird and the only species of the genus Donacobius . Until 1982 the pipe spotter was mistaken for a mocking thrush .
features
The 23 cm long tube spotter is a bird with a black cap, brown top and tail, orange-yellow underside, and orange eyes.
Occurrence
The bird lives in swamps, marshes and wet meadows from eastern Panama to Bolivia and northern Argentina .
behavior
The pipe spotters live in pairs in fixed territories. Often they sit together on branches singing loudly, twitching their heads and bobbing their tails. This behavior is designed to deter intruders.
The bird feeds on insects. If he feels disturbed, he flies from his place of residence in the dense vegetation to an exposed control room and “insults” the intruder. The reed spotter breeds in an open nest in the reeds or grass.
literature
- Colin Harrison, Alan Greensmith: Birds. Dorling Kindersley, London 1993, 2000, ISBN 3-8310-0785-3 .
- Bryan Richard: Birds. Parragon, Bath 2006, ISBN 1-4054-5506-3 .
Web links
- photos
- English website
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Donacobius atricapilla in the Internet Bird Collection
- Donacobius atricapilla inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2014.