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Piranga erythrocephala

[edit] Identification

Male has yellow underside, olive-green upperside, red head with small black mask. Female olive-green upperside and most of head, yellow front, throat, and upper breast, rest of underside white.

[edit] Distribution

Mexico

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• P.e. candida
• P.e. erythrocephala

This species is placed in genus Spermagra by some authorities.

[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

Fourages singly, in pairs, or often in mixed species flocks

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124

• List of references

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