Sentinelle à gorge rose

Macronyx ameliae

Un magnifique pipit, rose en dessous et strié de brun sur le dessus. Le mâle présente une bande pectorale noire prononcée et des stries, tandis que la femelle est moins fortement marquée. On le trouve dans les prairies humides, où il est généralement timide et discret. Ses vocalisations incluent un cri en deux parties "dhew-dhew" qui est parfois rapidement répété ou prolongé en un long sifflement. Il se distingue des autres macrons par ses parties inférieures roses.

Identification

Adult birds are 19–20 centimetres (7.5–7.9 in) long with greyish-brown scalloped upper parts. The male has a pink throat and breast crossed with a broad black band across the chest, which is not evident outside of breeding season. Female birds have pink underparts, but lack the black band. Immature birds have mainly black-streaked pale brown underparts with some pink-red colour centrally.<p>It makes a chiteet call, resembling that of a pipit.<p>The rosy-throated longclaw is found in wet grasslands and flood plains, often with lower grasses. Found across central and eastern Africa, it is more patchily distributed in the south of the continent. It is restricted to the Okavango Delta, Linyanti Marshes and Chobe floodplains in Botswana and Namibia, the Zimbabwe highveld in Zimbabwe and coastal areas in Kwazulu-Natal.<p>Its occurrence in Kwazulu-Natal is threatened by coastal development. The rosy-throated longclaw breeds during the wet season from September to April.

Taxonomie

Nom scientifique
Macronyx ameliae
Autorité
de Tarragon, L, 1845
Ordre
Passériformes
Famille
Motacillidae
Genre
Macronyx

Répartition et habitat

Migration
Resident species

Conservation

Tendance de la population
declining

Photos

Distribution

Chants d'Oiseaux

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