Animalia Life
Newtonia fanovanae
SUBFAMILY
Muscicapinae
TAXONOMY
Newtonia fanovanae Gyldenstolpe, 1933.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Fanovana newtonia, fanovana warbler; French: Newtonie
а queue rouge; German: Fanovana-Newtonie; Spanish:
Papamoscas de Newton.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The body length is about 5 in (12 cm). The back and head are
olive-brown, the tail rufous, and the belly white.
DISTRIBUTION
A rare, endemic, nonmigratory species that only occurs on the
island of Madagascar.
HABITAT
Occurs in lowland, humid, evergreen tropical forest. It occurs
only in large tracts of intact forest, over the altitudinal range of
330–2,950 ft (100–900 m).
BEHAVIOR
A nonmigratory species. Pairs of breeding birds defend a territory.
The song is a descending series of notes.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Searches from a perch for flying insects in the middle and upper
parts of the forest canopy. Often associates with mixedspecies
foraging flocks.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Builds a cup-shaped nest in a relatively tall tree.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Vulnerable. A rare and declining species because much of its
HABITAT
has been lost to the development of subsistence agriculture,
and to logging in some areas. Some of its breeding habitat
occurs in various protected areas, but it is still at risk of
disturbance there. Areas of its critical breeding habitat must be
well protected.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known, except for the economic benefits of birdwatching.
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