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Photo by ruby99
San Cristolal de las Casas , Mexico, March 2008

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.

Photo by Tomjenner
Chicobal Volcano near Quetzaltenango, Western Guatemala, January 2004

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1], which was formerly placed in genus Ergaticus.

Habitat

Forest

References

1. 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
2. Avibase

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pink-headed Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pink-headed_Warbler

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  Photo by Peter R. Bono
  Dos Lagunas, San Cristobal des las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, July 2009

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