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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.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

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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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 11-13 cm
Envergadura: 15-19 cm
Peso: 0.008-0.015 kg
Esperanza de vida: 2-8 años
Top Speed: 45 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 3-5
Incubación: 10-12 días
Distancia de migración: 5000 km

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

caterpillars
beetles
flies
spiders
aphids
grasshoppers

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Canto

Los animales cantores producen vocalizaciones complejas, a menudo con el propósito de atraer parejas, defender el territorio o comunicarse dentro de su especie.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.