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Photo by Greg Lavaty
Big Bend National Park, Texas, June 2007

Oreothlypis crissalis

Vermivora crissalis

[edit] Identification

Orange undertail coverts, brownish belly, large white eyering, and much larger than other Vermivora warblers.

[edit] Distribution

Breeds in the Big Bend area of Texas and eastern Mexico. Winters in central and southwest Mexico.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

It was formerly included in Vermivora, Gill and Donsker place it in Leiothlypis.

[edit] Habitat

Montane oak forests at altitudes above 6000 feet.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

Nests are well hidden in leaf litter or in clumps of grass.

[edit] Diet

Diet is insectivorous.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds

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