Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler
Phylloscopus ruficapilla
Forests. Olive-green above. Chestnut cap; eyebrows and breast yellow; belly white.
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common resident. Differs from other small yellow warblers and white-eyes in chestnut cap and eye-stripe and habitat preference. In southern birds, yellow extends onto flanks and belly; in northern birds yellow confined mainly to throat. Immature has a greenish wash to the breast. Usually located by plaintive ‘tieuu’ call repeated for long periods, plus a high-pitched whistled song ‘tirritee tirritee tirritee’ or ‘sip sip sip sip pilly pilly pilly’. A bird of evergreen forest and forested kloofs, where it forages in the canopy and mid stratum. Related to [Willow Warbler].
Quick Facts
Size
11 cm - S
Names
A: Geelkeelsanger
Z: umqalaphuzi
R: Rotkopf-Laubsänger
Bird Family
Small, insectivorous birds of mostly sombre colouring. Many have attractive warbling songs and short calls that aid identification to the practised ear, but sound confusingly similar to the inexperienced. Several species visit southern Africa from Europe during summer. Sexes are alike.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Differs from other small yellow warblers and white-eyes in chestnut cap and eye-stripe and habitat preference. A bird of evergreen 'forest' and forested kloofs, where it forages in the canopy and mid stratum.
