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;[[:Category:Aimophila|Aimophila]] cassinii | ;[[:Category:Aimophila|Aimophila]] cassinii | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
13-15 cm. Grey brown, back appears scalloped, grey eyestripe, small yellow patch at bend of wing, white tipped tail, dark brown iris, upper mandible dark grey brown, lower blue grey, dark pink legs. Sexes alike. | 13-15 cm. Grey brown, back appears scalloped, grey eyestripe, small yellow patch at bend of wing, white tipped tail, dark brown iris, upper mandible dark grey brown, lower blue grey, dark pink legs. Sexes alike. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | This is a monotypic species. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. |
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| + | AOU have moved this species to genus ''[[:Category:Peucaea|Peucaea]]''; the opus is awaiting the position of the world-wide checklists before following along. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Dry grasslands with scattered small trees and shrubs. | Dry grasslands with scattered small trees and shrubs. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#[http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1525/auk.2010.127.3.726 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds] | ||
All About Birds | All About Birds | ||
Revision as of 19:14, 28 July 2010
- Aimophila cassinii
Peucaea cassinii
Identification
13-15 cm. Grey brown, back appears scalloped, grey eyestripe, small yellow patch at bend of wing, white tipped tail, dark brown iris, upper mandible dark grey brown, lower blue grey, dark pink legs. Sexes alike.
Distribution
Breeds in western Colorado, in the southwest corner of Nebraska, western Kansas and Oklahoma, western half of Texas, south and eastern New Mexico, and far southwestern Arizona as well as much of Mexico. Winters in southern Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico Accidental vagrant to northeast (New York, Maine, New Jersey and Nova Scotia), midwest (Ohio, Ontario, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan) and in the west (California (several records) and Nevada).
Taxonomy
AOU have moved this species to genus Peucaea; the opus is awaiting the position of the world-wide checklists before following along.
Habitat
Dry grasslands with scattered small trees and shrubs.
Behaviour
The diet includes seeds and insects.
Its nest is an open cup made from grass, lined with fine grasses. 3-5 white eggs are laid.
References
- 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.
- 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds
All About Birds
