Field
Guide IDs: BREEDING:
Deciduous,
coniferous, and riparian woodlands, bogs,
thickets.? broods. DISPLAYS:
? NEST:
Well hidden; of
coarse grass, bark strips, occ rimmed with moss,
lined with fine materials. EGGS:
White, marked with
reddish-brown, brown, usu wreathed. 0.6" (16
mm). DIET:
Entirely
insectivorous. CONSERVATION:
Winters s to El
Salvador and c Honduras. Uncommon cowbird
host. NOTES:
Little studied.
Breeding range does not overlap with the closely
related Virginia's Warbler. ESSAYS: Superspecies;
Species
and Speciation;
Wintering
and Conservation;
How
Do We Find Out About Bird Biology? REFERENCES:
Johnson,
1976.
Supersp #43
Vermivora ruficapilla Wilson
NG-370; G-274; PE-244; PW-pl 51; AE-pl 373; AW-pl
412; AM(III)-118
Location
Type
Mating System
Parental Care
2ndary Diet..
Strategy
I:
11-12 DAYS
ALTRICIAL
MONOG
F-M
.....GLEAN
HOVER
&
.....GLEAN
Except for Stanford Notes, the material in this species treatment is taken, with permission, from The Birder's Handbook (Paul Ehrlich, David Dobkin, & Darryl Wheye, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1988). |