Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Phainopepla
Phainopepla nitens
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Glossy black male with red eyes, looks like a goth cardinal. Eats so much mistletoe it spreads the plant for a living.
- Populasi
- ~3.2 million mature individuals, stable (~55% increase over the prior decade)
- Habitat
- Desert washes and mesquite bosques with parasitic mistletoe, hot desert scrub (sea level to ~2,400 m), and oak-sycamore riparian woodlands
- Fakta menarik
- Phainopeplas are the northernmost member of the mostly-tropical silky-flycatcher family (Ptiliogonatidae) and are such efficient mistletoe-seed dispersers that berries pass through their gut and are defecated in as little as 12 (up to 45) minutes.
- Sebaran
- Southwestern United States (California including San Joaquin Valley, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico) south through both Baja California states into central Mexico; rare vagrant north to Canada (e.g., Ontario)
- Makanan
- Primarily desert mistletoe berries (up to ~1,100 berries per day); switches to insects caught in flight (sallying) especially when feeding protein-needy nestlings
- Ukuran
- 0,195 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,28 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
