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;[[:Category:Oporornis|Oporornis]] philadelphia | ;[[:Category:Oporornis|Oporornis]] philadelphia | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Head and chest grey with black lores, heavy black mottling on throat and chest. Female: head and chest grey, often with narrow, broken whitish to pale lemon eyering, throat pale gray to pale lemon. | Head and chest grey with black lores, heavy black mottling on throat and chest. Female: head and chest grey, often with narrow, broken whitish to pale lemon eyering, throat pale gray to pale lemon. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | Northeast [[North America]] and central [[Canada]] from [[Saskatchewan]] east to [[Newfoundland]] south to [[Minnesota]] east to [[New York]], northern [[Pennsylvania]], and in [[West Virginia]]. Rare to casual vagrant in the western [[United States]]. | + | Northeast [[North America]] and central [[Canada]] from [[Saskatchewan]] east to [[Newfoundland]] south to [[Minnesota]] east to [[New York]], northern [[Pennsylvania]], and in [[West Virginia]]. Rare to casual vagrant in the western [[United States]].<br /> |
+ | Winters from [[Nicaragua]] south to northwest [[South America]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
This is a monotypic species. | This is a monotypic species. |
Revision as of 15:17, 4 March 2009
- Oporornis philadelphia
Identification
Head and chest grey with black lores, heavy black mottling on throat and chest. Female: head and chest grey, often with narrow, broken whitish to pale lemon eyering, throat pale gray to pale lemon.
Distribution
Northeast North America and central Canada from Saskatchewan east to Newfoundland south to Minnesota east to New York, northern Pennsylvania, and in West Virginia. Rare to casual vagrant in the western United States.
Winters from Nicaragua south to northwest South America.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Dense shrubbery, brambles, and most brushy areas in fairly open wooded areas.
Behaviour
Nests near base of a shrub, close to the ground. Diet is mostly insectivorous.