Bahama yellowthroat
| Bahama yellowthroat | |
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| File:Bahama Yellowthroat (Geothlypis rostrata) held in hand, side view.jpg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Parulidae |
| Genus: | Geothlypis |
| Species: | G. rostrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Geothlypis rostrata Bryant, H, 1867
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| File:Geothlypis rostrata map.svg | |
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The Bahama yellowthroat (Geothlypis rostrata) is a New World warbler. It is a resident breeder endemic to the Bahamas.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]It is closely related to common yellowthroat, Altamira yellowthroat and Belding's yellowthroat, and is also considered conspecific with these taxa.[citation needed]
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]Four subspecies have been recognised:[2]
- H.Bryant, 1867 Ridgway, 1886
- Ridgway, 1886 Geothlypis rostrata subsp. exigua
- Geothlypis rostrata subsp. coryi Ridgway, 1902
- Geothlypis rostrata subsp. rostrata Geothlypis rostrata subsp. tanneri
Description
[edit | edit source]The Bahama yellowthroat is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long with a large bill. The adult male of the nominate race G. r. rostrata, found on Andros and New Providence islands has an olive-green back and mainly yellow underparts, slightly paler on the belly. It has a black facemask and grey forecrown. The female is similar, but lacks the black mask and has a grey crown; she may have a whiter belly.[3]: 73–74 [4]
The adult male of G. r. tanneri, found on Grand Bahama, Great Abaco and associated islands, has a yellow tinge to the forecrown band, and G. r. coryi of Eleuthera and Cat[5] islands has a mainly yellow forecrown.[4]
The Bahama yellowthroat can be distinguished from wintering common yellowthroats by its greater size,[3]: 74 heavier bill and slower, more deliberate movements. Males additionally have more extensively yellow underparts, a larger facemask extending onto the nape, and in the case of coryi the distinctive yellow forecrown. Females have a grey wash to the head not shown by common yellowthroat. The Bahama yellowthroat also inhabits higher vegetation than the common yellowthroat.[6]: 510–511
The song of Bahama yellowthroat is a loud wichety wichety wichety wich, similar to that of common yellowthroat. The call is a softer jip than that of common yellowthroat.[citation needed]
Ecology
[edit | edit source]The breeding habitat of the Bahama yellowthroat is dense dry or damp low scrub, usually drier than the areas used by wintering common yellowthroats. It builds a cup nest low in dense vegetation or a tree stump, and lays two eggs. Like other yellowthroats, it forages low in vegetation and feeds on insects and other small invertebrates.[1]
Conservation
[edit | edit source]This species is common,[1] but is outnumbered in winter by migrant common yellowthroats.
References
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Further reading
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