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Photo taken: Itapiruba/Imbituba, SC, Brazil.

Photo by Gary Clark
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Geothlypis aequinoctialis

Includes: Chiriqui Yellowthroat; Black-lored Yellowthroat; Southern Yellowthroat

[edit] Identification

13.2 cm long and weighs 13g. Yellow-green upperparts, bright yellow underparts, black bill. The adult male has a black facemask, bordered above with a grey band. The female lacks the black mask, duller, grey sides to face, yellowish eyering and yellowish stripe from the bill to the eye.

[edit] Distribution

Central America from Costa Rica south to South America including Trinidad to northern Argentina^[1][2].

[edit] Taxonomy

Five subspecies are recognized^[1]: aequinoctialis, chiriquensis, auricularis, peruviana, and velata.
Chiriquensis from Costa Rica and Panama is sometimes accepted as full species, Chiriqui Yellowthroat, auricularis as Black-lored Yellowthroat and velata as Southern Yellowthroat.

[edit] Habitat

Marshes and other wet areas with dense low vegetation.

[edit] Behaviour

2 white eggs with reddish-brown markings are laid in a lined cup nest low in grass or rank vegetation.

Diet includes insects, including caterpillars.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126

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