Madagascar Yellowbrow (Crossleyia xanthophrys)

Other Names (World)
Madagascar Yellowbrow, Yellow-browed Oxylabes, Yellow-browed Tetraka, Madagascan Yellowbrow

Family
Bernieridae (Tetrakas)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1875)

Habitat
Montane rainforest. From 900 - 2,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Madagascar (B).

Rainforest of eastern Madagascar, from Tsaratanana Strict Reserve south to Andohahela National Park.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Mainly terrestrial. Usually in pairs, or family groups in mixed-species flocks with other small insectivores.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Madagascar Yellowbrow (Crossleyia xanthophrys) [XC624061]
by from Vohiparara Section, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar (call, song)

Madagascar Yellowbrow (Crossleyia xanthophrys) [XC624282]
by Frank Lambert from Vohiparara Section, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar (call)

Nest
A deep cup composed of interwoven grasses or bamboo leaves and moss, on a bulky base of leaf litter or in a dense liana tangle.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Was initially treated in genus Oxylabes and placed in babbler family Timaliidae. Later thought to be a Phyllastrephus greenbul and placed in bulbul family Pycnonotidae, together with the Madagascar Tetrakas (Bernieria and Xanthomixis). Recently returned to its own genus within the independent Malagasy radiation, descended from ancestral warblers.

Similar Species
Immediately distingushed from Malagasy greenbuls, Crossley's Vanga (Mystacornis crossleyi) and White-throated Oxylabes (Oxylabes madagascariensis) by the very obvious yellow supercilium.

References
See References.

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