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- Cardellina versicolor
Ergaticus versicolor
Identification
13 cm. Red warbler with pink head. Whitish-pink head and neck with red forehead and dark lores. Dark red upperparts, darker on wings and tail. Bright pinkish-red underparts. Juvenile pinkish cinnamon-brown. Darker above with blackish wings, two pinkish wing-bars and blackish tail.
Distribution
Central America: found in mountains of extreme southern Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala.
According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species it is classified as Vulnerable.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1], which was formerly placed in genus Ergaticus.
Habitat
Forest
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pink-headed Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pink-headed_Warbler
Gallery
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Photo by Peter R. Bono
Dos Lagunas, San Cristobal des las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, July 2009