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Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

The Common Yellowthroat is a small, cheerful bird with a bright yellow belly and a black mask. They love to hop around in bushes and wetlands, singing their sweet songs.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Common Yellowthroat is a small, stocky warbler with olive-green upperparts and bright yellow underparts. Males are easily identified by their striking black 'highwayman's mask' across the eyes, outlined by a crisp white stripe above.

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Common Yellowthroat
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Common Yellowthroat

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Despite being common, they are surprisingly hard to spot, often staying hidden in dense plants!

Female yellowthroats are expert architects, building cup-shaped nests low to the ground!

Their song, 'witchity-witchity-witch', is one of North America's most recognizable bird calls!

These tiny birds play a giant role, eating thousands of pesky insects every single year!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Secretive Singer

Common Yellowthroats can sing their unique 'witchity' song while hidden deep in dense shrubs, making them hard to spot.

Fähigkeit

Insect Investigator

Common Yellowthroats can quickly snatch hidden insects from dense foliage, using their keen eyesight and agility to find food.

Fähigkeit

Long-Distance Navigator

Common Yellowthroats can migrate thousands of kilometers twice a year, guided by Earth's magnetic field.

Maße und Details

Länge
11-13 cm
Flügelspannweite
15-19 cm
Gewicht
0.008-0.015 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-8 Jahre
Top Speed
45 km/h
Gelegegröße
3-5
Brutzeit
10-12 Tage
Zugstrecke
5000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These little insectivores are bug-eating machines, helping control pests in their wetland homes!

Hauptnahrung

  • caterpillars
  • beetles
  • flies
  • spiders
  • aphids
  • grasshoppers

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

eats caterpillars from a variety of plants

eaten by

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

hunted by small raptors while foraging or migrating

depends on

Broadleaf Cattail

Typha latifolia

uses dense wetland plants for nesting and cover

parasitizes

Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

often has its nest taken over by another bird species

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Enjoy watching birds from a distance, and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Common Yellowthroat?

11-13 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Yellowthroat?

15-19 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Common Yellowthroat?

0.008-0.015 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Yellowthroat?

2-8 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Common Yellowthroat?

45 km/h

Was frisst Common Yellowthroat?

These little insectivores are bug-eating machines, helping control pests in their wetland homes!

Wo findet man Common Yellowthroat normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Common Yellowthroat?

Foraging

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