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| - | [[category:incomplete]] | + | [[Image:Lucys_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Lisa_W|Lisa W}} <br />Location: Hereford, [[Arizona]], [[USA]] ]] |
| - | ;Vermivora luciae | + | ;[[:Category:Oreothlypis|Oreothlypis]] luciae |
| - | [[Image:Lucys_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Lisa W <br/>Photo taken: Hereford, Arizona ]] | + | ''Vermivora luciae'' |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | 4.25 inches. 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. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | Southwestern [[U.S.]]. | + | 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|Vermivora+luciae}} | + | {{GSearch|Lucy's+Warbler}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vermivora]] [[Category:Oreothlypis]] |
Current revision
- Oreothlypis luciae
Vermivora luciae
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species1.
It was formerly included in Vermivora, Gill and Donsker place it in Leiothlypis.
[edit] Habitat
Shrubby and canyon areas in deserts and foothills
[edit] Behaviour
Nests in woodpecker holes, abandoned Verdin nests, and sometimes in other types of holes. Occasional cowbird host. Diet includes caterpillars, beetles, and leafhoppers.
[edit] 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
[edit] External Links
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