From Opus

juvenile
Peter R. Bono
Las Guacamayas, Oaxaca, Mexico, July 2009

Ridgwayia pinicola

[edit] Identification

• Upperparts, head and upper breast: brownish-black with dark streaks
• White underparts
• Dark brown mottled flanks
• Dark wings with white tips
• White shoulders
• Broad white tip on dark tail
• Pinkish-grey legs and feet

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to Mexico. Occasionally recorded in Arizona and Texas.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

Subspecies maternalis^2] is not recognised by all authorities

[edit] Habitat

Moist montane forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes fruit.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. Whatbird

• List of references

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