Bird name:

Crescent-chested Warbler

Parula superciliosaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Codes: Common Name: CCWA Scientific Name: PARSUP ITIS Taxonomic No.: 554351

Crescent-chested Warbler Immature Female - The immature female Crescent-chested Warbler resembles the male but lacks the red crescent on the breast and has a thinner white eyebrow.

Crescent-chested Warbler - The adult male Crescent-chested Warbler has a wide white eye stripe on a blue-gray head. The tail and wings are blue-gray and the back is yellow-green, the breast and throat are bright yellow with a rufous-brown spot or crescent on the upper breast.

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Crescent-chested Warbler

Crescent-chested Warbler: Small warbler, gray to blue-gray head, wings, tail. Yellow-green back, breast, throat are yellow with a rufous-brown spot or crescent on upper breast; belly and sides are white to gray. Head has white eyebrows that widen towards nape and partial lower eye-ring.

● Song: "t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t", "sik"

● Foraging & Feeding: Crescent-chested Warbler: Gleans insects from leaves and branches at medium heights in trees and shrubs. Often hangs chickadee-like to glean from undersides of leaves. Occasionally forages in dead vegetation.

● Breeding & nesting: Crescent-chested Warbler: Three white egg are laid in a cup nest built on or near the ground in mountain canyons, usually along a ravine or bank. Nest composed of grass, pine needles, and moss. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Crescent-chested Warbler: Tropical Parula has black lores, two white wing bars, and blue-gray head, wings, rump, and tail. Lacks white supercilium and crescent on chest.

Flight Pattern

Short flights usually within vegetation at medium heights in trees and shrubs.

Crescent-chested Warbler Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Crescent-chested Warbler: Resident of montaine oak-pine and mixed softwood forests of Mexico to Central America. Seasonal migration to lower elevations within mountain ranges has been documented. Very few records in the United States from southeastern Arizona and in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationAccidental in Arizona, Texas, Uncommon throughout range

^MigrationAltitudinal movements

^Weight Ounces

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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