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| − | + | [[Image:Lucys_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Lisa_W|Lisa W}} <br />Location: Hereford, [[Arizona]], [[USA]] ]] | |
| − | + | ;[[:Category:Oreothlypis|Oreothlypis]] luciae | |
| − | [[Image:Lucys_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Lisa W <br/> | + | ''Vermivora luciae'' |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 4.25 inches. | + | 4.25 inches. The smallest wood warbler. Pale gray upperparts, rust-brown crown and rump, and white underparts. Eye ring is white. Wings are plain gray. Female is smaller and lacks brown cap. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Southwestern [[ | + | Southwestern [[United States]] from southeastern [[California]], southern [[Nevada]] and [[Utah]]; most of [[Arizona]]; and southwestern [[New Mexico]] and [[Texas]]; and northwestern [[Mexico]]. Vagrant to coastal [[California]], [[Oregon]], [[Colorado]], [[Texas]], and [[Louisiana]]. |
| + | Winters in western [[Mexico]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. | ||
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| + | It was formerly included in ''[[:Category:Vermivora|Vermivora]]'', Gill and Donsker place it in ''[[:Category:Leiothlypis|Leiothlypis]]''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Shrubby and canyon areas in deserts and foothills | Shrubby and canyon areas in deserts and foothills | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | Diet includes caterpillars, beetles, and leafhoppers. | + | Nests in woodpecker holes, abandoned [[Verdin]] nests, and sometimes in other types of holes. Occasional cowbird host. Diet includes caterpillars, beetles, and leafhoppers. |
| − | + | ==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] | |
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch| | + | {{GSearch|Lucy's+Warbler}} |
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vermivora]] [[Category:Oreothlypis]] |
Revision as of 20:01, 26 June 2012
- Oreothlypis luciae
Vermivora luciae
Identification
4.25 inches. The smallest wood warbler. Pale gray upperparts, rust-brown crown and rump, and white underparts. Eye ring is white. Wings are plain gray. Female is smaller and lacks brown cap.
Distribution
Southwestern United States from southeastern California, southern Nevada and Utah; most of Arizona; and southwestern New Mexico and Texas; and northwestern Mexico. Vagrant to coastal California, Oregon, Colorado, Texas, and Louisiana. Winters in western Mexico.
Taxonomy
It was formerly included in Vermivora, Gill and Donsker place it in Leiothlypis.
Habitat
Shrubby and canyon areas in deserts and foothills
Behaviour
Nests in woodpecker holes, abandoned Verdin nests, and sometimes in other types of holes. Occasional cowbird host. Diet includes caterpillars, beetles, and leafhoppers.
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
