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Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Reinita de Fuego, |
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Photo: J. Hornbuckle
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Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Reinita de Fuego, |
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Photo: J. Hornbuckle
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The male has a bright orange head with a black face patch. Females (see photo) are much duller, but still have distinctive facial markings. Length: 12 cm.; weight: 10 g. Breeds in the northeastern USA, southern Canada, and the Appalachian Mountains south to northern Georgia. Local populations increase after Spruce Budworm outbreaks on the breeding range. Winters in the Andes Mountains of South America. Rare in winter in coastal and wet forests of Puerto Rico (e.g. Barrio Papayo, Lajas, 12 May 1998). Audio 2 (M. Oberle). TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; PARULIDAE |
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Photo: G. Beaton
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Photo: G. Beaton
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Photo: R. Zaremba
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References Arendt, W.J. 1992. Status of North American migrant landbirds in the Caribbean region: a summary. Pp. 143-171 in Ecology and conservation of neotropical migrant landbirds (J.M. Hagan III and D.W. Johnston, eds.) Smithsonian Instit. Press, Washington, D.C. Bent, A.C. 1953. Life histories of North American wood warblers. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 203. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1963). Curson, J., D. Quinn, and D. Beadle. 1994. Warblers of the Americas: an identification guide. Houghton Mifflin, NY. Dunn, J. and K. Garrett. 1997. A field guide to warblers of North America. Houghton Mifflin, NY. Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/ Fireside, NY. Morse, D. H. 1994. Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca). No. 102 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, PA, and Am. Ornithol. Union, Washington, D.C. Paynter, R.A., Jr. 1995. Nearctic passerine migrants in South America. Nuttall Ornithology Club #25. Cambridge, MA. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. Blackburnian Warbler, Spanish text Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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