| Black-cheeked Warbler |
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The Black-cheeked Warbler (''Basileuterus melanogenys'') is a New World Warbler which is a resident breeding Bird endemic to the mountains of central and southern Costa Rica and western Panama . It is normally found in Oak forests with a dense Bamboo understory from 2500 m altitude to the timberline, but occasionally occurs as low as 1600m. The breeding pair builds a bulky domed nest with a side entrance on a sloping bank or in a gully, and the female lays two white eggs. The Black-cheeked Warbler is 13-13.5 cm long and weighs 13 g. It has a rufous crown, long white supercilia and black cheeks. The upperparts are dull olive, the breast is olive-grey, and the belly is yellow-white. The sexes are similar, but the young bird is browner on the upperparts, has a dull supercilium, a greyer breast, and shows two cinnamon wingbars. Despite this species’ restricted range, it has three Subspecies .
The Black-cheeked Warbler primarily feeds on Insect s, Spider s and other small Invertebrate s, taken low in the undergrowth. The call note of the Black-cheeked Warbler is a hard ''tsit'', and the male’s song is a lisping spluttered ''tsi tsi wee tsi tsi wu tsi wee''. REFERENCES
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