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Location: Little Naches River,Washington,USA

Oporornis tolmiei

[edit] Identification

Olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts. White eye-ring, slate grey hood extends, black upper breast . The female is similar but paler. The winter adult has paler hood and less distinct eye-ring.

[edit] Distribution

Breeds in the western United States and Canada from southern Northwest Territories south to central California, Utah and Colorado, scattered populations south and east of regular range; wintering on the Pacific slope of Mexico.

[edit] Taxonomy

Consists of two subspecies.

[edit] Subspecies¹

• O. t. monticola - breeds in the interior west
• O. t. tolmiei - breeds in the pacific coastal states

Hybridizes with Mourning Warbler where ranges overlap.

[edit] Habitat

Coniferous forest edges, burns, dense thickets, and streamside growth.

[edit] Behaviour

Nests close to ground in dense shrubs.

[edit] References

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

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