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ViewsGolden-cheeked WarblerFrom Opus
Dendroica chrysoparia
[edit] IdentificationYellow cheek, divided by a black eye-line. No yellow on underparts. Male: black above with black bib, crown and black-streaked sides. White belly and 2 white wing-bars. Female and immature male: duller with dark streaks on olive upperparts, chin white or yellowish, with sides of throat streaked. Immature female has less black on underparts. [edit] Similar SpeciesNo yellow on underparts, distinguishing it from the similar Black-throated Green Warbler. [edit] DistributionENDANGERED - Endemic to the Edwards Plateau in the Central Texas Hill Country. Winters in the highlands of Southern Mexico south to Nicaragua. [edit] TaxonomyThis is a monotypic species. [edit] HabitatMixed juniper-cedar-oak woodland on the Edwards Plateau in the Texas Hill Country. [edit] BehaviourDiet is insectivorous. Song - 5 buzzy notes, ending on a high note. Call note: teck. [edit] References
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