Rust-crowned wood warbler
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Rust-crowned warbler ( Setophaga discolor ) |
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| ( Vieillot , 1809) |
The rust-crowned wood warbler ( Setophaga discolor , Syn . : Dendroica discolor ) is a small bird from the genus of the wood warbler ( Setophaga ) in the family of the wood warbler (Parulidae).
Above the plumage is olive green with black stripes on the flanks and with V-shaped or semicircular black stripes below the eyes and through the eyes. The tail feathers are blackish and the underside plumage yellow. Rust-crowned warbler breed in the east of North America and fly to Florida and Central America in winter . They inhabit mangroves , open wooded areas and gardens. As a brood parasite, the brown-headed cowbird ( Molothrus ater ) lays its eggs in the nest of the rust-crowned wood warbler.
literature
- Jon Curson, David Quinn, David Beadle: New World Warblers. Helm, London 1994, ISBN 0-7136-3932-6 .
Web links
Commons : Rostscheitel-Waldsänger ( Setophaga discolor ) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Rostscheitelwaldsänger - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- Setophaga discolor in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 31 of 2009.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for Setophaga discolor in the Internet Bird Collection