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Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Geothlypis poliocephalaOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
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Family
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