The Bahama warbler (Setophaga flavescens) is an endangered species of bird in the family Parulidae that is endemic to The Bahamas.

Bahama warbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Setophaga
Species:
S. flavescens
Binomial name
Setophaga flavescens
(Todd, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Dendroica flavescens
  • Setophaga dominica flavescens
  • Dendroica dominica flavescens

Taxonomy edit

The taxon was formerly lumped with the yellow-throated warbler (Setophaga dominica), until the Bahama warbler was elevated to full species in 2011, on the distinctions of that the Bahama warbler is restricted to pinewoods, possesses a longer bill, and has small variations in plumage color.[2]

Distribution and habitat edit

It is endemic to Bahamian pineyards on Grand Bahama, Little Abaco and Great Abaco islands.[3]

Behavior edit

The Bahama warbler forages amidst pine needles in the higher branches of pine forests, occasionally descending to forage in the shrubs of the understory. It also uses its long bill to probe under the bark of tree trunks in search of insects. No other warblers in the region feed along trunks as extensively as the Bahama warbler.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Setophaga flavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22724802A153768531. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22724802A153768531.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Chesser, R. Terry, Richard C. Banks, F. Keith Barker, Carla Cicero, Jon L. Dunn, Andrew W. Kratter, Irby J. Lovette, Pamela C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, James D. Rising, Douglas F. Stotz, Kevin Winker. 2011. Fifty-second supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds. Auk 128(3):600-613.
  3. ^ "Bahama Warblers on Abaco". 20 February 2021.
  4. ^ eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: https://ebird.org/caribbean/news/bahama-warbler