| Rand's warbler | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Bernieridae |
| Genus: | Randia Delacour & Berlioz, 1931 |
| Species: | R. pseudozosterops |
| 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]
