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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | Yellow patches on sides unique but occasionally lacking. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | Our most common warbler. Breeds from [[Alaska]] east to northern [[Quebec]] (absent only in arctic region) south across most of the western [[United States]]; northern [[Minnesota]] and [[Michigan]]; [[New York]]; western [[Pennsylvania]], and New England; also along the Appalachians south to [[West Virginia]]. Found anywhere in [[North America]] in migration. Winters in southern [[United States]], along the west coast north to [[Washington]], and in Central America. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
The eastern (Myrtle) and western (Audubon's) races of this species were once considered separate species. | The eastern (Myrtle) and western (Audubon's) races of this species were once considered separate species. | ||
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*''D. c. nigrifrons'' - breeds Chihuahua and Durango mountains in w. Mexico | *''D. c. nigrifrons'' - breeds Chihuahua and Durango mountains in w. Mexico | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
− | + | Coniferous and mixed forests. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | Diet mostly insectivorous but will eat berries and other vegetation. | ||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
# Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. ''A Field Guide to Warblers of North America''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214 | # Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. ''A Field Guide to Warblers of North America''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214 |
Revision as of 21:46, 23 July 2008
- Dendroica coronata
Description
Identification
Yellow patches on sides unique but occasionally lacking.
Distribution
Our most common warbler. Breeds from Alaska east to northern Quebec (absent only in arctic region) south across most of the western United States; northern Minnesota and Michigan; New York; western Pennsylvania, and New England; also along the Appalachians south to West Virginia. Found anywhere in North America in migration. Winters in southern United States, along the west coast north to Washington, and in Central America.
Taxonomy
The eastern (Myrtle) and western (Audubon's) races of this species were once considered separate species.
Subspecies1
- D. c. auduboni - breeds along the Pacific Slope region
- D. c. coronata - breeds from n. central Alberta across Canada to the eastern United States
- D. c. goldmani - breeds se. Chiapas (rare) and Guatemala
- D. c. hooveri - breeds from Alaska, n. Yukon, and nw. Mackenzie south to n. British Columbia
- D. c. memorabilis - breeds from se. British Columbia south (east of the Cascades and Sierra Nevada) to Arizona, New Mexico and w. Texas.
- D. c. nigrifrons - breeds Chihuahua and Durango mountains in w. Mexico
Habitat
Coniferous and mixed forests.
Behaviour
Diet mostly insectivorous but will eat berries and other vegetation.
Reference
- Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. A Field Guide to Warblers of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214