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The species Bachman's Warbler is extinct.

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Vermivora bachmanii

[edit] Identification

Male: grey nape, white spots in tail, black crown and throat patch, yellow forehead, eye-ring, and shoulder patch.
Female: duller, pale eye-ring, bright yellow forehead, no dark throat patch, and no black on a dark crown.

[edit] Distribution

Extinct (last confirmed sightings in Cuba in the 1980's). Bottomlands of the southeastern United States, wintering in Cuba.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Formerly found in palmetto and cypress swamps.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

Nests were made from cane, moss, lichen, dried grass, and dead leaves and were hung from shrubs, hidden by new shrub growth. Three to five eggs were laid.

[edit] Diet

The diet included insects and arthropods.

[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. Audubon
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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