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Oreoscoptes montanus

Photo by Steve Messick
Photo taken: Crow Valley Recreation Area, Briggsdale Colorado.

[edit] Identification

Pale grey-brown upperparts and white underparts with dark streaks. Slim straight relatively short bill, yellow eyes and a long tail.

[edit] Distribution

Western North America, from southern Canada to northern Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico. Casual to Accidental vagrant in eastern United States and Canada.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species in a monotypic genus.^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Shrubby areas with sage bushes.

[edit] Behaviour

4 or 5 eggs are laid in a twiggy cup nest built in a low bush. Both parents incubate and feed the young birds.

The diet includes insects and berries.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019

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