Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (37)
- Monotypic
Text last updated January 30, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | bosquerola de flancs castanys |
Czech | lesňáček rezavoboký |
Danish | Brunsidet Sanger |
Dutch | Roestflankzanger |
English | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
English (United States) | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
French | Paruline à flancs marron |
French (France) | Paruline à flancs marron |
German | Gelbscheitel-Waldsänger |
Greek | Καστανόπλευρη Πάρουλα |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Ti Tchit kòt mawon |
Hebrew | סבכון צהוב-כיפה |
Hungarian | Barkós lombjáró |
Icelandic | Skógarskríkja |
Japanese | ワキチャアメリカムシクイ |
Lithuanian | Pensilvaninis krūminukas |
Norwegian | brunsideparula |
Polish | lasówka rdzawoboczna |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Mariquita-de-flancos-castanhos |
Romanian | Omidar cu flancuri castanii |
Russian | Рыжебокая древесница |
Serbian | Smeđoboka cvrkutarka |
Slovak | horárik hnedoboký |
Spanish | Reinita de Pensilvania |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Reinita de Costillas Castañas |
Spanish (Cuba) | Bijirita de costados castaños |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Cigüita de Costados Castaños |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Reinita Flanquicastaña |
Spanish (Honduras) | Chipe Flanco Castaño |
Spanish (Mexico) | Chipe Flancos Castaños |
Spanish (Panama) | Reinita Flanquicastaña |
Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Reinita Flanquicastaña |
Spanish (Spain) | Reinita de Pensilvania |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Reinita Lados Castaños |
Swedish | brunsidig skogssångare |
Turkish | Kestane Omuzlu Ötleğen |
Ukrainian | Пісняр-лісовик рудобокий |
Setophaga pensylvanica (Linnaeus, 1766)
Definitions
- SETOPHAGA
- pensilvanica / pensilvanicus / pensylvanica / pensylvanicus / pensylvaticus
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Legend Overview
Introduction
A bird of scrubby second-growth areas and forest edges, the Chestnut-sided Warbler is one of the few Neotropical migrants that has benefited dramatically from human activities on the North American continent. Virtually unreported in the time of Audubon and other early American naturalists, this species has increased greatly in numbers with the clearing of primeval forests and the subsequent growth of scrubby habitats. A bird of early successional habitats (e.g., abandoned farmlands and regenerating clear-cut areas), it now can be among the most abundant breeding warblers in second-growth deciduous woodlands. Its populations have greatly expanded since the early 1800s. Despite some declines since the 1960s, this species appears to maintain healthy populations, and management does not seem warranted.
Distinctive in breeding and winter plumage, this warbler is a specialized forager, eating mainly insects, with some fruit on its wintering grounds. Highly mobile, it searches the undersides of leaves, often moving with its tail cocked.
Males use two song classes. The well-known song, generally described as Please, please, pleased to meetcha, belongs to the accented-ending class of songs and is used before the arrival of females, and early in the nesting cycle; it is believed to be used to attract females. Unaccented-ending songs, a second class, are used as the nesting cycle progresses and in aggressive encounters against other males. The two song classes are learned separately. Birds require visual contact with tutor males to fully develop their repertoires.
During the breeding season the Chestnut-sided Warbler is strongly territorial, with a monogamous mating system, although male bigamy has been noted. Pairs raise at least one brood per year, with some renesting.