| Rand's warbler | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Bernieridae |
| Genus: | Randia Delacour & Berlioz, 1931 |
| Species: | R. pseudozosterops
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| Binomial name | |
| Randia pseudozosterops | |
Rand's warbler (Randia pseudozosterops) is a species in the family Bernieridae. It is found only in Madagascar, where it is restricted to the island's eastern rainforests. It is grey above and unmarked pale below, with a strong pale supercilium. The bill is strong and slightly decurved, with some individuals possessing a pale orange lower mandible.2
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, where it is fairly common up to 1200 m. It frequently joins mixed-species flocks, where it often feeds along horizontal or angled branches. It also tends to sing for long periods from the canopy.2 While not considered threatened, its population is inferred to be decreasing due to widespread deforestation across its range.1
A 2019 phylogenetic study found Rand's warbler to be the sister species of the Thamnornis.3
References
References
- BirdLife International (2017). "Randia pseudozosterops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T22715078A118746359. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22715078A118746359.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- Hawkins, Frank; Safford, Roger; Skerrett, Adrian; Gale, John; Small, Brian E. (2015). Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands: Seychelles, Comoros, Mauritius, Reunion and Rodrigues. Helm field guides. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 978-1-4729-2409-4.
- Younger, Jane L.; Block, Nicholas L.; Raherilalao, Marie J.; Maddox, J. Dylan; Wacker, Kristen S.; Kyriazis, Christopher C.; Goodman, Steven M.; Reddy, Sushma (31 October 2019). "Diversification of a cryptic radiation, a closer look at Madagascar's recently recognized bird family". bioRxiv 10.1101/825687.