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[[Central America]]: found in the highlands of south-central [[Mexico]] (eastern Michoacán, southern Guanajuato and México).
 
[[Central America]]: found in the highlands of south-central [[Mexico]] (eastern Michoacán, southern Guanajuato and México).
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
  
 
An addition subspecies, ''limnatis'' is not recognised by most authorities<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
 
An addition subspecies, ''limnatis'' is not recognised by most authorities<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes with reedbeds.  
 
Freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes with reedbeds.  

Revision as of 01:44, 27 June 2014

Geothlypis speciosa

Identification

13 cm
Male

  • Browny-olive upperparts
  • Black mask
  • Greyish sides of crown and nape
  • Deep yellow underparts
  • Orange chest,
  • Ochre flanks

Female

  • Lacks mask
  • Olive face
  • Pale eye-ring
  • Pale buff supercilium

Immature male - resembles male with black on face restricted to lores and ear-coverts.
Juvenile - brownish-olive head and upperparts, paler olive-yellow underparts, dark brown legs, black bill.

Distribution

Central America: found in the highlands of south-central Mexico (eastern Michoacán, southern Guanajuato and México).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

An addition subspecies, limnatis is not recognised by most authorities[2].

Habitat

Freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes with reedbeds.

Behaviour

Vocalisation

Call: harsh nasal chreh call. Song - rapid series of chip notes.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. BirdLife International

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