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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 Lisa W]] | + | ;[[:Category:Leiothlypis|Leiothlypis]] luciae |
| + | ''Vermivora luciae''<br /> | ||
| + | ''Oreothlypis 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. | |
| + | ==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 [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. | |
| − | + | It was formerly included in ''[[:Category:Vermivora|Vermivora]]'' or in ''[[:Category:Oreothlypis|Oreothlypis]]''. | |
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Shrubby and canyon areas in deserts and foothills | |
==Behaviour== | ==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== | |
| − | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, et al. (2019) Sixtieth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds, The Auk: Ornithological Advances XX:1–23. PDF | |
| − | + | #[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|Lucy's+Warbler}} | |
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vermivora]] [[Category:Oreothlypis]] [[Category:Leiothlypis]] |
Latest revision as of 15:44, 9 April 2020
- Leiothlypis luciae
Vermivora luciae
Oreothlypis 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 or in Oreothlypis.
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, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, et al. (2019) Sixtieth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds, The Auk: Ornithological Advances XX:1–23. PDF
- 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds
