Sykes's warbler

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Sykes's warbler
Wintering in West Bengal, India

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1
)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acrocephalidae
Genus: Iduna
Species:
I. rama
Binomial name
Iduna rama
(Sykes, 1832)
Distribution of Sykes's Warbler
  Resident
  Breeding
  Non-breeding
Synonyms

Hippolais rama Sykes, 1832

Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama) is an

range is from northeast Arabia to Turkestan, west China and Afghanistan. Like the booted warbler, many populations of the species migrate in winter to the Indian subcontinent as far south as Sri Lanka
.

Etymology

Sykes's warbler in Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.

The English name commemorates the Colonel

Hindu god Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu.[3]

Taxonomy

Molecular phylogeny studies in 2009 suggested a clade sister to Chloropeta and separate from Hippolais in the strict sense resulting in the removal of this species from the genus Hippolais and placement in a resurrected older genus name of Iduna.[4] There are differences in the nesting and egg morphology between rama and caligata.[5]

Habitat

Protecting territory from Lesser Whitethroat at Kutch

It is a small passerine found in open country with bushes and other tall vegetation. Three or four eggs are laid in a nest in a bush or vegetation. Like most warblers they are insectivorous.

Description

It is a small warbler, especially compared to others in their genus. They are pale brown above and whitish below with buff flanks. The outer tail feathers have pale edges. They have a short pale supercilium, and the bill is strong and pointed. Sykes's warbler is larger and greyer than the booted warbler, and most resembles an eastern olivaceous warbler.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iduna rama.
Wikispecies has information related to Iduna rama.
  1. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 332–333.
  2. ^ "Birds of the World - Comprehensive life histories for all bird species and families".
  3. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
    .
  4. PMID 19393746
    .
  5. ^ Castell, Peter; Guy M. Kirwan (2005). "Will the real Sykes's Warbler please stand up? Breeding data support specific status for Hippolais rama and H. caligata, with comments on the Arabian population of 'booted warbler'" (PDF). Sandgrouse. 27 (1): 30–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-23.


Stub icon

This Acrocephalidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sykes%27s_warbler&oldid=1190931149"