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| - | [[Image:Colima_Warbler_Lavaty.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Peacefrog2|Greg Lavaty}} <br>Location: [[Texas]]]] | + | [[Image:Colima_Warbler_Lavaty.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Peacefrog2|Greg Lavaty}} <br>Location: [[Big Bend National Park]], [[Texas]] <br>Date: June 2007]] |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | Orange undertail coverts, brownish belly, large white eyering, and much larger than other [[:Category:Vermivora|''Vermivora'']] warblers. | | Orange undertail coverts, brownish belly, large white eyering, and much larger than other [[:Category:Vermivora|''Vermivora'']] warblers. |
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- Vermivora crissalis
Identification
Orange undertail coverts, brownish belly, large white eyering, and much larger than other Vermivora warblers.
Distribution
Breeds in the Big Bend area of Texas and eastern Mexico.
Winters in central and southwest Mexico.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species1.
AOU have moved this species to genus Oreothlypis; the opus is awaiting the position of the world-wide checklists before following along.
Habitat
Montane oak forests at altitudes above 6000 feet.
Behaviour
Nests are well hidden in leaf litter or in clumps of grass. Diet is insectivorous.
References
- 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.
- 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds
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