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Photo by Marysan.
Photo taken: San Diego, California, USA.

Dendroica townsendi

[edit] Identification

Yellow face, black stripe across cheeks, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, olive upperparts with black streaks on backs and flanks, white belly. Adult males have a black cap, black throat and yellow lower breast; females have a dark cap and a yellow throat. Immature birds are similar to females with a dark green cap and cheeks.

[edit] Distribution

Northwestern coast of North America from southeastern Alaska and southern Yukon Territory south to Oregon, Idaho and western Montana. Rare vagrant in the eastern United States.
Winters south to Costa Rica.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Coniferous forests with large trees on the coast.

[edit] Behaviour

They build shallow cup nests of grass, lined with moss, placed on top of a branch in a conifer. 4 to 5 eggs are laid.

The diet includes insects, spiders, seeds, berries and plant nectar.

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