New World Warblers (Parulidae)

Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) - HBW 15, p. 751

French: Paruline à dos noir German: Goldwangen-Waldsänger Spanish: Reinita Caridorada

Taxonomy: Dendroeca [sic] chrysoparia P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1860, Verapaz, Guatemala.
Forms a superspecies with D. virens, D. townsendi and D. occidentalis, and D. nigrescens is closely related to this group. Probably the sister-species of D. virens; has occasionally been considered conspecific. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds in C Texas (mainly Edwards Plateau and the Balcones Escarpment), in S USA. Migrates to S Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala, Honduras and NW Nicaragua.