Everything about The Bahama Yellowthroat totally explained
The
Bahama Yellowthroat,
Geothlypis rostrata, is a
New World warbler. It is a resident breeder
endemic to the
Bahamas.
It is closely related to
Common Yellowthroat,
Altamira Yellowthroat and
Belding's Yellowthroat, with which it forms a superspecies, and was formerly considered conspecific.
The breeding habitat of the Bahama Yellowthroat is dense dry or damp low scrub, usually drier than the areas used by
wintering Common Yellowthroats. It builds a cup nest low in dense vegetation or a tree stump, and lays two eggs. Like other
yellowthroats, it forages low in vegetation and feeds on
insects and other small
invertebrates.
Bahama Yellowthroat is 15 cm long with a large bill. The adult male of the nominate race
G. r. rostrata, found on
Andros and
New Providence islands has an olive-green back and mainly yellow underparts, slightly paler on the belly. It has a black facemask and grey forecrown. The female is similar, but lacks the black mask and has a grey crown; she may have a whiter belly.
There are two other subspecies; the adult male of
G. r. tanneri, found on
Grand Bahama,
Great Abaco and associated islands, has a yellow tinge to the forecrown band, and
G. r. coryi of
Eleuthera and
Cat islands has a mainly yellow forecrown.
The Bahama Yellowthroat can be distinguished from wintering Common Yellowthroats by its greater size, heavier bill and slower, more deliberate movements. Males additionally have more extensively yellow underparts, a larger facemask extending onto the nape, and in the case of
coryi the distinctive yellow forecrown. Females have a grey wash to the head not shown by Common Yellowthroat.
The song of Bahama Yellowthroat is a loud
wichety wichety wichety wich, similar to that of Common Yellowthroat. The call is a softer
jip than that of Common Yellowthoat.
This species is scarce, and is outnumbered in winter by migrant Common Yellowthroats, but appears not to be endangered.
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