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| | [[Image:Lucys_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Lisa_W|Lisa W}} <br />Location: Hereford, [[Arizona]], [[USA]] ]] | | [[Image:Lucys_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Lisa_W|Lisa W}} <br />Location: Hereford, [[Arizona]], [[USA]] ]] |
| - | ;[[:Category:Vermivora|Vermivora]] luciae | + | ;[[:Category:Oreothlypis|Oreothlypis]] luciae |
| | + | ''Vermivora luciae'' |
| | ==Identification== | | ==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. | | 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. |
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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>. |
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| - | 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]]''. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Shrubby and canyon areas in deserts and foothills | | Shrubby and canyon areas in deserts and foothills |
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| | #{{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-Clements6thDec09}}#[http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1525/auk.2010.127.3.726 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds] |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Vermivora+luciae}} | + | {{GSearch|Lucy's+Warbler}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vermivora]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vermivora]] [[Category:Oreothlypis]] |
Revision as of 14:25, 1 March 2011
- 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
This is a monotypic species1.
It was formerly included in Vermivora.
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
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