Grey-crowned yellowthroat

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Grey-crowned yellowthroat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Geothlypis
Species:
G. poliocephala
Binomial name
Geothlypis poliocephala
(Baird, 1865)

The grey-crowned yellowthroat (Geothlypis poliocephala) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2020). "Geothlypis poliocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T22721860A137321557. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721860A137321557.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.