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| | + | [[Image:Common_Newtonia_MAD_SER.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|rdavis|rdavis}}<br>Ranomafana National Park, [[Madagascar]], November 2011]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Newtonia|Newtonia]] brunneicauda | | ;[[:Category:Newtonia|Newtonia]] brunneicauda |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | Greyi-brown above, tan-white below, gold yellow iris, black bill. | + | 12cm. A small grey-brown warbler-like vanga: |
| | + | * Cold greyish-brown top of head and upperparts |
| | + | * Lighter greyish-brown sides of head and neck |
| | + | * Greyish-brown upperwing-coverts, uniform with back, slightly darker flight feathers |
| | + | * Greyish-brown tail |
| | + | * Pale warm buff below, whtier on chin, throat and on belly |
| | + | * Pale creamy yellow to golden-yellow eye |
| | + | * Black bill |
| | + | Sexes similar. Juveniles are browner above with variable rufous-brown tips on greater coverts. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | [[Madagascar]]. | + | Endemic to [[Madagascar]].<br /> |
| | + | One of the commonest bird in native forests of Madagascar. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | There are 2 subspecies. | + | Two subspecies recognized: |
| | + | * ''N. b. brunneicauda'' in all forested parts of [[Madagascar]] |
| | + | * ''N. b. monticola'' in the Ankaratra Mountains in Central [[Madagascar]] |
| | + | The proposed subspecies ''inornata'' from western [[Madagascar]] is usually treated as synonymous with the nominate form. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Forests. | + | Found in all native forest types. Occurs from sea-level up to 2000m. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | It builds a deep cup nest from dried grass and moss. | + | Feeds on small invertebrates (including spiders, beetles, blattids, bugs and flies).<br /> |
| | + | Often seen in mixed-species flocks.<br /> |
| | + | Breeding season apparently from July to March, in southeast Madagascar from December to January. The nest is a deep cup hidden in low vegetation. No other information.<br /> |
| | + | A sedentary species. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-HBWVol11}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Newtonia+brunneicauda}} | | {{GSearch|Newtonia+brunneicauda}} |
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| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Newtonia]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Newtonia]] |
Revision as of 19:42, 26 February 2012
- Newtonia brunneicauda
Identification
12cm. A small grey-brown warbler-like vanga:
- Cold greyish-brown top of head and upperparts
- Lighter greyish-brown sides of head and neck
- Greyish-brown upperwing-coverts, uniform with back, slightly darker flight feathers
- Greyish-brown tail
- Pale warm buff below, whtier on chin, throat and on belly
- Pale creamy yellow to golden-yellow eye
- Black bill
Sexes similar. Juveniles are browner above with variable rufous-brown tips on greater coverts.
Distribution
Endemic to Madagascar.
One of the commonest bird in native forests of Madagascar.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies recognized:
- N. b. brunneicauda in all forested parts of Madagascar
- N. b. monticola in the Ankaratra Mountains in Central Madagascar
The proposed subspecies inornata from western Madagascar is usually treated as synonymous with the nominate form.
Habitat
Found in all native forest types. Occurs from sea-level up to 2000m.
Behaviour
Feeds on small invertebrates (including spiders, beetles, blattids, bugs and flies).
Often seen in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding season apparently from July to March, in southeast Madagascar from December to January. The nest is a deep cup hidden in low vegetation. No other information.
A sedentary species.
References
- 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
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2006. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553064
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