Grace's Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Dendroica graciae

Photo by Sadowski078
Photographed: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA

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

Placed in genus Setophaga by Clements.

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

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. A Field Guide to Warblers of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grace's Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grace%27s_Warbler

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