Spectacled warbler
Spectacled warbler | |
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Male on Gran Canaria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sylviidae |
Genus: | Curruca |
Species: | C. conspicillata
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Binomial name | |
Curruca conspicillata (Temminck, 1820)
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Synonyms | |
Sylvia conspicillata |
The spectacled warbler (Curruca conspicillata) is a species in the typical warbler genus, Curruca. The specific conspicillata is from Latin conspicillum, a place to look from, equivalent to "spectacled".[2]
It breeds in northwest
It also occurs in some
These are very small "warblers" and are intermediate between common whitethroats and Tristram's warbler in coloration. Spectacled warblers are brown above and buff below, with chestnut wing patches and a white throat. Adult males have a grey head and the white eye ring which gives the species its name. Immature birds can be confused with both the whitethroat and the western subalpine warbler, and identification is difficult in the field. The song is a fast high warble.
About the precise relationships of this bird, not much can be said with certainty. It seems as if its intermediate appearance, apart from the
These small passerine birds are found in dry open country with bushes. 3-6 eggs are laid in a nest in a bush. Like its relatives, the spectacled warbler is insectivorous.
References
- . Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Álamo Tavío, Manuel (1975): "Aves de Fuerteventura en peligro de extinción[permanent dead link]". In: Asociación Canaria para Defensa de la Naturaleza (ed.): Aves y plantas de Fuerteventura en peligro de extinción: 10-32. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
- ISBN 0-691-08833-0
Further reading
- Shirihai, Hadoram, Alan Harris and David Cottridge (1991) Identification of Spectacled Warbler British Birds84(10):423-430
External links
Media related to Spectacled warbler at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Spectacled warbler at Wikispecies
- Madeira Birds: Spectacled warbler
- Ageing and sexing (PDF; 4.5 MB) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze