Alternative names: Moheli Tsikirity; Comoro Tsikirity
- Nesillas mariae
Identification
15-16 cm. A pale, greenish brush warbler with a slender bill and a medium-length tail.
- Light greenish-olive top and side of head
- Poorly defined buffish stripe above lores
- Dull olive-green upperparts, brightest on uppertail-coverts
- Dark grey-brown remiges and tail-feathers, light olive-green edged
- Yellowish-buff underparts, paler on throat and chin and on centre of belly, with warm brown tinge on flanks and undertail-coverts and soft greyish streaks on throat and upper breast
- Dark brown eye with narrow reddish eyering
Sexes similar, juvenile undescribed.
Similar species
Has duller and green plumage and shorter tail than Malagasy Brush Warbler.
Distribution
Endemic to Mohéli (Mwali) in the Comoros.
Restricted to a small island but still common alongside local race of Malagasy Brush Warbler.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Found in evergreen forest. Occurs above 500 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on beetles, small ants and spiders, occasionally on seeds.
Forages on tops of bushes, in shrubs and in lower parts of trees. Usually in higher levels than Malagasy Brush Warbler.
Breeding
One nest was recorded in a mango tree, 9 m above the ground. No other information.
Movements
A sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Moheli Brush Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Moheli_Brush_Warbler
