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Bahama yellowthroat

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Species of bird

Bahama yellowthroat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Geothlypis
Species: G. rostrata
Binomial name
Geothlypis rostrata
Bryant, H, 1867

The Bahama yellowthroat (Geothlypis rostrata) is a New World warbler. It is a resident breeder endemic to the Bahamas.

Taxonomy

It is closely related to common yellowthroat, Altamira yellowthroat and Belding's yellowthroat, and is also considered conspecific with these taxa.

Subspecies

Four subspecies have been recognised:

  • Geothlypis rostrata subsp. coryi Ridgway, 1886
  • Geothlypis rostrata subsp. exigua Ridgway, 1902
  • Geothlypis rostrata subsp. rostrata H.Bryant, 1867
  • Geothlypis rostrata subsp. tanneri Ridgway, 1886

Description

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Bahama yellowthroat is 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.

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 islands has a mainly yellow forecrown.

The Bahama yellowthroat can be distinguished from wintering common yellowthroats by its greater size, 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 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.

Ecology

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.

Conservation

This species is common, but is outnumbered in winter by migrant common yellowthroats.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2024). "Geothlypis rostrata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T22721845A263286333. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  2. "Geothlypis rostrata H.Bryant, 1867". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

Further reading

  • Curson, Jon; Beadle, David; Quinn, David (1994). New World Warblers. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-3932-6.
Taxon identifiers
Geothlypis rostrata
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