Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Geothlypis poliocephalaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Codes: Common Name: GCYE Scientific Name: GEOPOL ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178960

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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.

● 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

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.

Field Guide to Birds of North America