Family New World Warblers (Parulidae)
Least Concern
Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea)
Taxonomy
French: Paruline caféiette German: Grauwaldsänger Spanish: Reinita plúmbea
Taxonomy:
Dendrœca [sic] plumbea
Lawrence
, 1877,Dominica
.Distribution:
Guadeloupe, Terre de Haut, Marie-Galante and Dominica, in Lesser Antilles.
Descriptive notes
12–14 cm; 8·4–11·3 g. Has head and upperparts grey, white supercilium broken over eye, white spot below eye; broad white tips on greater and median... read more
Voice
Song short and simple but quite melodic, can be transcribed as “pa-pi-a” or... read more
Habitat
Dry lowland scrub-forest, montane forest and elfin forest with dense understorey, and rainforest.
Food and feeding
Feeds mainly on insects; takes some berries. Forages mainly by gleaning at low levels, mostly in understorey.
Breeding
Laying in Mar–Jul. Nest a cup of leaves and rootlets, lined with softer material, placed low in bush or bromeliad. Clutch 2–3... read more
Movements
Sedentary.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Restricted-range species: present in Lesser Antilles EBA. Generally common throughout its limited range. No population estimates... read more
Species is sister to both S. pharetra and S. angelae. Birds from Guadeloupe, supposedly on average darker above and sometimes faintly mottled darker on throat and breast, proposed as a geographical race, guadeloupensis, but considered inseparable from birds elsewhere in species’ range; recent study found relatively little genetic variation among populations. Monotypic.