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[[Image:Graces_Warbler.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Sadowski078 <br>Photographed: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA]] | [[Image:Graces_Warbler.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Sadowski078 <br>Photographed: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | Ages/sexes differ slightly. The face pattern is unlike any other species except the Yellow-throated Warbler. Ranges differ, though. Grace's lacks the white patch on the side of the neck of the Yellow-throated Warbler | + | Ages/sexes differ slightly. The face pattern is unlike any other species except the Yellow-throated Warbler. Ranges differ, though. Grace's lacks the white patch on the side of the neck of the Yellow-throated Warbler. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Southwest | + | Southwest [[United States]] from southern [[Nevada]], southern [[Utah]], southern [[Colorado]], [[Arizona]], and [[New Mexico]] south to Nicaragua; The northern birds draw south in winter. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Consists of four subspecies. | ||
| + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>==== | ||
| + | *''D. g. decora'' - breeds pine ridges of Belize and lowlad pine savannahs of e. Honduras and ne. Nicaragua | ||
| + | *''D. g. graciae'' - breeds southwest United States and northern Mexico | ||
| + | *''D. g. remota'' - breeds in the highlands of s. Mexico south to n. Nicaragua | ||
| + | *''D. g. yaegeri'' - breeds Mexico from Durango and Sinaloa south to Jalisco | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Widespread in | + | Widespread in pine forests. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Diet largely insectivorous. | ||
| + | ==Reference== | ||
| + | # Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. ''A Field Guide to Warblers of North America''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Dendroica+graciae}} | {{GSearch|Dendroica+graciae}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dendroica]] |
Revision as of 23:46, 23 July 2008
- Dendroica graciae
Identification
Ages/sexes differ slightly. The face pattern is unlike any other species except the Yellow-throated Warbler. Ranges differ, though. Grace's lacks the white patch on the side of the neck of the Yellow-throated Warbler.
Distribution
Southwest United States from southern Nevada, southern Utah, southern Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico south to Nicaragua; The northern birds draw south in winter.
Taxonomy
Consists of four subspecies.
Subspecies1
- D. g. decora - breeds pine ridges of Belize and lowlad pine savannahs of e. Honduras and ne. Nicaragua
- D. g. graciae - breeds southwest United States and northern Mexico
- D. g. remota - breeds in the highlands of s. Mexico south to n. Nicaragua
- D. g. yaegeri - breeds Mexico from Durango and Sinaloa south to Jalisco
Habitat
Widespread in pine forests.
Behaviour
Diet largely insectivorous.
Reference
- Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. A Field Guide to Warblers of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214
