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Dendroica graciae

Photo by Sadowski078
Photographed: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA

[edit] Identification

Ages/sexes differ slightly. The face pattern is unlike any other species except the Yellow-throated Warbler. Ranges differ, though. Grace's lacks the white patch on the side of the neck of the Yellow-throated Warbler.

[edit] Distribution

Southwest United States from southern Nevada, southern Utah, southern Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico south to Nicaragua; The northern birds draw south in winter.

[edit] Taxonomy

Consists of four subspecies.

[edit] Subspecies¹

• D. g. decora - breeds pine ridges of Belize and lowlad pine savannahs of e. Honduras and ne. Nicaragua
• D. g. graciae - breeds southwest United States and northern Mexico
• D. g. remota - breeds in the highlands of s. Mexico south to n. Nicaragua
• D. g. yaegeri - breeds Mexico from Durango and Sinaloa south to Jalisco

[edit] Habitat

Widespread in pine forests.

[edit] Behaviour

Diet largely insectivorous.

[edit] Reference

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

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