Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrina
- epik
- 72 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Tiger-striped face, brush-tipped tongue for sipping nectar. Booms during spruce budworm outbreaks and quiets between.
- Populasi
- ~7 million mature individuals; increasing (~33% growth over prior decade, though statistically non-significant)
- Habitat
- Breeds in mature boreal spruce-fir forest (25-75 year old stands, medium forest dependency); winters in subtropical/tropical moist lowland forests, shrubby gardens, coffee plantations, parks, and occasionally urban areas/plantations across the West Indies
- Fakta menarik
- The Cape May Warbler is the only New World warbler with a curled, semi-tubular tongue, which it uses to lap up nectar and fruit juice on its Caribbean wintering grounds.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across northern North America (southern Canada, Great Lakes region, and New England); winters primarily in the West Indies/Caribbean (Bahamas, Greater Antilles), with occasional non-breeding range extending into parts of Central America and northern South America
- Makanan
- Primarily insects during breeding season (spruce budworm can make up half or more of the diet, plus spiders, beetles, wasps); in winter shifts to fruit/berry juice and nectar, aided by a unique curled/semi-tubular tongue among New World warblers
- Ukuran
- 0,13 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,205 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
