About the Masked Yellowthroat
The masked yellowthroat is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela.
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The masked yellowthroat is 12.7 to 14 cm (5.0 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 11 to 15 g (0.39 to 0.53 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a wide black mask from their forehead and forecrown around the eye and including the ear coverts. They have a pale slate-gray crown. Their nape and upperparts are yellow-olive. Their flight feathers' upper surface is brown with olive-green edges and the lower surface plain brown. Their upperwing coverts are brownish with yellow-olive margins. Their tail's upper surface is yellow-olive and its lower surface yellow-green. Voice: The male masked yellowthroat sings a "short sweet warble of about 2 long, that has been transcribed as tee-chee-chee teecheweet teecheweet". It has a long call, a "melodious descending series of some 20 notes with a total duration of ⁓3 ". Both sexes make a "short raspy note prew or chrew". Most song is in the morning.
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay.
When to see it
Peak activity in May · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Hooded YellowthroatGeothlypis nelsoniThe hooded yellowthroat is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs about 10 to 12 g (0.35 to 0.42 oz).
Belding's YellowthroatGeothlypis beldingiBelding's yellowthroat is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long.
Black-lored YellowthroatGeothlypis auricularisThe black-lored yellowthroat is 12.5 to 14 cm (4.9 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 8 to 11 g (0.28 to 0.39 oz).
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