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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Revision as of 02:23, 14 February 2009
- Vermivora virginiae
Identification
Small - 12cm (4.75") overall gray warbler with weak yellow crissum and upper chest. Distinctive bold white eye-ring. Males have small orange crown, often difficult to see.
Similar species: The closely related Nashville Warbler is the same size and general appearance, but there is no range overlap, and it has much brighter and extensive yellow plumage and a green back.
Distribution
In summer, can be found in Nevada, southern Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. Migrates south in winter.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Dry brush and scrub woodlands of pine and oak, rocky canyons.
Behaviour
They build their cup shaped nests from moss, grass, strips of bark, and roots, on the ground, hidden amongst dead leaves and tufts of grass at the base of a shrub or young tree. 3 to 5 white, dotted with fine brown speckles, eggs are laid. Both parents care for the young.
