Golden-throated wood warbler
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Golden-throated wood warbler ( Setophaga dominica ) |
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The golden-throated wood warbler ( Setophaga dominica , Syn .: Dendroica dominica ) is a small bird from the genus of the wood warbler ( Setophaga ) in the family of the wood warbler (Parulidae).
Golden-throated warblers have a yellow throat and a yellow upper chest. The upper side plumage has a grayish color with dark gray wing-covers, on each of which there are two white wing rods. The underside plumage is white. The crown and forehead are black and a black plumage extends over the eyes and in the cheek area. The rest of the head is white.
Golden-throated warblers breed from central Texas to central Florida, from southern Kansas to northern Illinois and eastern Pennsylvania . They spend the winter in the south of Florida, in the Bahamas , in the east from Mexico to Nicaragua .
literature
- Jon Curson, David Quinn, David Beadle: New World Warblers. Helm, London 1994, ISBN 0-7136-3932-6 .
Web links
- Setophaga Dominica in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 2 of 2009.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Setophaga dominica in the Internet Bird Collection