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Adult Male
Location: San Diego, CA

Setophaga occidentalis

Dendroica occidentalis

[edit] Identification

L. 4½ to 5 in

• Dark grey above
• White below
• Flanks are streaked with black
• Wings have two diagonal white wing bars
• Yellow head

[edit] Male

Dark black throat

[edit] Female

Much less black on throat

[edit] Immature

No black on throat.

[edit] Distribution

Pacific coastal United States from Washington south to California.
Winters south to Nicaragua.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Formerly placed in genus Dendroica.

[edit] Habitat

Mature coniferous forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Nesting

Cupshaped nests are built of stems, grass, twigs, and pine needles and positioned near the tip of a branch high in a conifer tree. 3 to 5 white spotted with brown and lilac eggs, are laid.

[edit] Diet

Includes insects and spiders.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase

• List of references

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