Oriente warbler

Oriente warbler
Cayo Romano, Cuba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordate
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Incertae sedis
Genus: Teretistris
Species: T. fornsi
Binomial name
Teretistris fornsi
(Gundlach, 1858)
Range of T. fornsi

The Oriente warbler (Teretistris fornsi) is a species of bird formerly placed in the New World warbler family, Parulidae, that is endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitats dry forests, lowland moist forests, montane moist forests, and xeric shrublands. It is the sister species to the fellow Cuban endemic, yellow-headed warbler.

This species measures 13 cm (5.1 in) long. Upperparts are uniformly medium-grey. Underparts are mostly yellow, with a light grey belly. A whitish eye ring and slightly decurved bill are distinctive traits.[2]

Feeds on insects, spiders and small lizards.[2]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Teretistris fornsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 Garrido, Orlando H.; Kirkconnell, Arturo (2000). Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba. Ithaca, NY: Comstock, Cornell University Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-8014-8631-9.


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