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Photo by ron conley
Photo taken: Central Park, Huntington Beach, California

Dendroica nigrescens

[edit] Identification

11-13cm Male: Broad white supercilium, bold white wingbars, black streaking on sides, and yellow spot in front of eye.
Female: White chin. The black throat is flecked with white; otherwise markings more subdued.

[edit] Distribution

Southwestern British Columbia south to southern California (scattered populations); Nevada; southern Idaho and Wyoming south to Arizona and New Mexico. Rare vagrant to the northeastern, midwestern, and southeastern United States with records in nearly every state.

[edit] Taxonomy

Photo by Marysan
Agua Caliente County Park, San Diego County, California, April 2007

Contains two subspecies.

[edit] Subspecies¹

• D. n. nigrescens
• D. n. halseii

[edit] Habitat

Breeds in most dry wooded areas including coniferous, mixed, chaparral, scrub, oak and pinon forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

Nest usually far out on a branch.

[edit] Diet

Diet mostly insectivorous.

[edit] Reference

1. Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. A Field Guide to Warblers of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214
2. Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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