Oriente warbler
| Oriente warbler | |
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| Cayo Romano, Cuba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Teretistridae |
| Genus: | Teretistris |
| Species: | T. fornsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Teretistris fornsi Gundlach, 1858
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| Range of T. fornsi | |
The Oriente warbler (Teretistris fornsi) is a species of bird in the Cuban warbler family, Teretistridae, that is endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitats dry forests, lowland moist forests, montane moist forests, and xeric shrublands. As its common name implies, the Oriente warbler is found in Cuba's east; it is the sister species to its fellow Cuban endemic, the Yellow-headed warbler, found in extreme western Cuba.
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
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Teretistris fornsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ a b 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.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Teretistris fornsi.
Wikispecies has information related to Teretistris fornsi.
- BirdLife species factsheet for Teretistris fornsi
- "Teretistris fornsi". Avibase.
- "Oriente warbler media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Oriente warbler species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- Audio recordings of Oriente warbler on Xeno-canto.
