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Mixed juniper-cedar-oak woodland.
 
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==Range :==
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==Behaviour :==
ENDANGERED - Only found on the Edwards Plateau in the central Texas Hill Country. Winters in the highlands of Southern Mexico south to Nicaragua.
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Song - 5 buzzy notes, ending on a high note
  
 
==External Links==
 
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Revision as of 16:21, 28 April 2007

Dendroica chrysoparia
Photo by HelenB
Photo taken:Lost Maples State Natural Area on the Edwards Plateau in central Texas in April 2005.

Description

Yellow cheek, divided by a black eye-line. No yellow on underparts. Male: black above with black bib, crown and black-streaked sides. White belly and 2 white wing-bars. Female and imm. male: duller with dark streaks on olive upperparts, chin white or yellowish, with sides of throat streaked. Imm. female has less black on underparts.

Identification :

No yellow on underparts, distinguishing it from the similar Black-throated Green Warbler.

Distribution & Taxonomy :

ENDANGERED - Only found on the Edwards Plateau in the Central Texas Hill Country. Winters in the highlands of Southern Mexico south to Nicaragua.

Habitat :

Mixed juniper-cedar-oak woodland.

Behaviour :

Song - 5 buzzy notes, ending on a high note

External Links

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