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| Caryothraustes poliogaster (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847) |
The Black-faced Grosbeak, Caryothraustes poliogaster, is a large seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, which is a resident breeding species from southeastern Mexico to eastern Panama. Jonkheer Bernard Aimé Léonard du Bus de Gisignies ( Sint-Joost-ten-Node, June 21, 1808 - Bad Ems, Germany, July 6 A seed (in some plants referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic Plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat usually with some stored Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of Passerine Birds found in North and South America. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America.
The adult Black-faced Grosbeak is 16. 5 cm long, weighs 36 g, and has a heavy, mainly black, bill. It has a black face, yellow head, neck and breast, and olive back, wings and tail. The rump and belly are grey. Immatures are duller and have duskier face markings.
The vocalisations include sharp chip or tweet calls, buzzes and whistles, and the song is a musical whistled cher chi weet, cher chir weet, cher chi chuweet.
The Black-faced Grosbeak forages in shrubs or trees for beetles, caterpillars and other insects, and also eats fruit such as those of Gumbo-limbo[1] (Bursera simaruba), seeds, and nectar taken from flowers or epiphyte bracts. Beetles are the group of Insects with the largest number of known Species. Caterpillars are the Larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the Insect order comprising butterflies and Moths Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Bursera simaruba ( Gumbo-limbo) is a Tree Species in the family Burseraceae, native to tropical regions of the A seed (in some plants referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic Plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat usually with some stored Nectar is a Sugar -rich liquid produced by plants It is produced either by the Flowers in which it attracts pollinating animals or by extrafloral It forms noisy flocks of up to 20 birds, and is often in mixed-species feeding flocks with honeycreepers and other tanagers as well as New World warblers. A mixed-species feeding flock, mixed-species foraging flock or mixed hunting party is a flock of Birds of different Species that Also see Honeycreeper (disambiguation. The typical honeycreepers are small Birds in the Tanager family The tanagers are a family, Thraupidae, of birds in the order Passeriformes. This article refers to the New World wood warbler family of birds the Parulidae It appears to generally try to avoid human-altered habitat[1] though it can be sometimes found in heavily degraded former subtropical or tropical forest[2].
This species breeds in the Caribbean lowlands and foothills from sea level to about 1000m altitude, and is found in the canopy and middle levels of dense wet forests, tall second growth, and semi-open habitats such as woodland edge and clearings. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting The nest is a bowl constructed from bromeliad leaves and other epiphytes 3-6 m high in a small tree or palm. An epiphyte is an organism that grows upon or attaches to a living plant Arecaceae or Palmae (also known by the name Palmaceae, which is taxonomically invalid or commonly palm tree) the palm family is a family of Flowering The female lays three brown-spotted gey-white eggs between April and June.
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References
- BirdLife International (2004). Caryothraustes poliogaster. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Foster, Mercedes S. (2007): The potential of fruiting trees to enhance converted habitats for migrating birds in southern Mexico. Bird Conservation International 17(1): 45-61. doi:10.1017/S0959270906000554 PDF fulltext
- Stiles, F. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document. Gary & Skutch, Alexander Frank (1989): A guide to the birds of Costa Rica. Comistock, Ithaca. ISBN 0-8014-9600-4