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Colima Warbler

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-;[[:Category:Vermivora|Vermivora]] crissalis+[[Image:Colima_Warbler_Lavaty.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Peacefrog2|Greg Lavaty}} <br />[[Big Bend National Park]], [[Texas]], June 2007]]
-[[Image:Colima_Warbler_Lavaty.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Peacefrog2|Greg Lavaty}} <br>Location: [[Texas]]]]+;[[:Category:Oreothlypis|Oreothlypis]] crissalis
 +''Vermivora crissalis''
==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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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.
-AOU have moved this species to genus ''[[:Category:Oreothlypis|Oreothlypis]]''; the opus is awaiting the position of the world-wide checklists before following along.+It was formerly included in ''[[:Category:Vermivora|Vermivora]]'', Gill and Donsker place it in ''[[:Category:Leiothlypis|Leiothlypis]]''.
==Habitat== ==Habitat==
Montane oak forests at altitudes above 6000 feet. Montane oak forests at altitudes above 6000 feet.
==Behaviour== ==Behaviour==
-Nests are well hidden in leaf litter or in clumps of grass. Diet is insectivorous.+====Breeding====
 +Nests are well hidden in leaf litter or in clumps of grass.
 +====Diet====
 +Diet is insectivorous.
==References== ==References==
-#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#[http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1525/auk.2010.127.3.726 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds]+#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#[http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1525/auk.2010.127.3.726 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds]
 +{{ref}}
==External Links== ==External Links==
-{{GSearch|Vermivora+crissalis}} +{{GSearch|Colima+Warbler}}
-[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vermivora]]+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vermivora]] [[Category:Oreothlypis]]

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Oreothlypis crissalis

Vermivora crissalis

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[edit] Identification

Orange undertail coverts, brownish belly, large white eyering, and much larger than other Vermivora warblers.

[edit] Distribution

Breeds in the Big Bend area of Texas and eastern Mexico. Winters in central and southwest Mexico.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species1.

It was formerly included in Vermivora, Gill and Donsker place it in Leiothlypis.

[edit] Habitat

Montane oak forests at altitudes above 6000 feet.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

Nests are well hidden in leaf litter or in clumps of grass.

[edit] Diet

Diet is insectivorous.

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds

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