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Setophaga vitellina

Dendroica vitellina

[edit] Identification

Olive-greyish green upperside with yellow edging on feathers, yellow underside with medium-dark flank streaks. Complex head pattern with supercilium, arch below the eye, and stripe behind auriculars, all in yellow. Female and immatures duller.

[edit] Similar species

Prairie Warbler is more contrasty in both face and flanks and has subtly different facial pattern. It is also smaller.

[edit] Distribution

Cayman Islands and Swan Islands (part of Honduras).

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of three subspecies^[1]:

• S. v. crawfordi - Little Cayman IIsland and Cayman Brac
• S. v. vitellina - Grand Cayman
• S. v. nelsoni - Swan Islands

Formerly placed in genus Dendroica.

[edit] Habitat

Dry forests, dry shrubland and urban areas.

[edit] Behaviour

Snatches insects from substrates mostly while in flight. Forages from ground to canopy.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Raffaele et al. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713649054

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