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Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Geothlypis poliocephalaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Codes: Common Name: GCYE Scientific Name: GEOPOL ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178960
Least Concern
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Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: The male Gray-crowned yellowthroat has a gray cap, black eye stripe, olive-brown to gray-olive upperparts and yellow underparts.
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Overview

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Large warbler rarly seen in the U.S. Upperparts are olive-brown to olive-gray with a grayer head, distinctive black mark between bill and eyes, and broken white eye-ring. The upper mandible is black and lower mandible is pink. Underparts are yellow with gray wash on sides.


Range and Habitat

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Mexico and Central America, strays occasionally to southern Texas. Perfers tall dense grasses with shrubs and low trees.

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Topo Map: Perching-like Body


Listen to Call

Voice Text

"chee dle", "chee dle", "chee dle"

Interesting Facts

 The Gray-crowned Yellowthroat is also known as the Meadow Warbler and the Ground Chat.

 This bird was first described by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1865.

 A group of warblers has many collective nouns, including a "bouquet", "confusion", "fall", and "wrench" of warblers.


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Range Map for Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Geothlypis poliocephala
Length5.5 Inches
Wingspan8.5 Inches

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Large warbler rarly seen in the U.S. Upperparts are olive-brown to olive-gray with a grayer head, distinctive black mark between bill and eyes, and broken white eye-ring. The upper mandible is black and lower mandible is pink. Underparts are yellow with gray wash on sides.

● Song: "chee dle", "chee dle", "chee dle"

● Foraging & Feeding: Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Eats seeds, berries and insects. Forages mostly at ground level.

● Breeding & nesting: Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Two to four white to creamy white eggs with red brown flecks are laid in a cup nest of thick grass lined with fine grasses and hair set atop a small grassy hillock. Female incubates for 10 to 12 days.

● Similar species: Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Common Yelowthroat has large black mask area. Behaves more like a wren and voice differs.

Flight Pattern

Slow, jerky short direct flights with rapid wing beats.
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Male
● Range & Habitat: Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Mexico and Central America, strays occasionally to southern Texas. Perfers tall dense grasses with shrubs and low trees.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationRare in North America
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.5 Ounces
Perching-like BodyX
UnderpartsX
Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
Lower mandibleX
The lower part of the bill.
Upper mandibleX
The upper part of the bill.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

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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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Head Feathers and MarkingsX
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