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

Identification

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

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

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

Habitat

Shrubby areas with sage bushes.

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.

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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