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Grey upperside with pale underside, long black tail with white outer tail feathers. There is a black supercilium going back from the eye curving down behind the auriculars. | Grey upperside with pale underside, long black tail with white outer tail feathers. There is a black supercilium going back from the eye curving down behind the auriculars. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Cuba]] including Cayo Coco | + | [[Cuba]] including Cayo Coco. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | This is a monotypic species | + | This is a monotypic species. |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Thorn scrub and forest, especially coastal | + | Thorn scrub and forest, especially coastal. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | Often cocks its tail very high up, almost vertically | + | Often cocks its tail very high up, almost vertically. |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Polioptila+lembeyei}} | {{GSearch|Polioptila+lembeyei}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Polioptila]] [[Category:Missing Images]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Polioptila]] [[Category:Missing Images]] | ||
Revision as of 15:10, 17 March 2009
- Polioptila lembeyei
Identification
Grey upperside with pale underside, long black tail with white outer tail feathers. There is a black supercilium going back from the eye curving down behind the auriculars.
Distribution
Cuba including Cayo Coco.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Thorn scrub and forest, especially coastal.
Behaviour
Often cocks its tail very high up, almost vertically.
