Seiurus motacilla

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Overview

Special Concern

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Found near banks of wooded streams .

Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, montaine evergreen forests, streams • Maximum Elevation: 2,300 meters • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,382 meters (0 to 7,815 feet).[1]

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.4Forest - Temperate

Biology

Diet

Primarily:

Aquatic Invertebrates

Reproduction

Nests from early April to mid-June.

• Breeding Habitat : Woodland
• Nest Location: Ground-low nesting
• Nest Type: Open-cup
• Clutch Size: 4-6
• Length of Incubation : 13 days
• Days to Fledge : 10

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Northern Waterthrush

Members of the genus Seiurus

There are approximately 13 species in this genus:

S. auricapillus · S. aurocapilla (Golden-Crowned Accentor) · S. aurocapilla aurocapilla (Golden-Crowned Accentor) · S. aurocapillus (Golden-Crowned Accentor) · S. aurocapillus aurocapillus (Golden-Crowned Accentor) · S. aurocapillus cinereus · S. aurocapillus furvior · S. motacilla (Large-Billed Waterthrush) · S. novaboracensis · S. noveboracensis (Northern Small-Billed Waterthrush) · S. noveboracensis limnaeus · S. noveboracensis notabilis (Northern Waterthrush) · S. noveboracensis noveboracensis (Northern Small-Billed Waterthrush)

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Notes

Contributors

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Macaulay Library - Video Data
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Bird Studies Canada: Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds
• Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 1981-1985
• Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 2001-2005
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Ontario Nest Records
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• Field Museum: Birds specimens
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Bird specimens
• UCLA-Dickey Bird Collection (UCLA-Dickey): Bird specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3850397
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178935
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13623448
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178935
• IUCN ID: 53676
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBX10030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13600

Footnotes

1. Mean = 214.100 meters (702.428 feet), Standard Deviation = 230.510 based on 7,217 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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