New World Warblers (Parulidae)
Grace's Warbler (Dendroica graciae) - HBW 15, p. 754
French: Paruline de Grace
German: Arizonawaldsänger
Spanish: Reinita de Grace
Taxonomy: Dendroica graciae S. F. Baird, 1865, Fort Whipple, near Prescott, Arizona, USA.
Forms a superspecies with D. dominica, D. adelaidae, D. subita and D. delicata. In the past, it was suggested that present species might be conspecific with the last three of these, but it shows constant plumage differences. One record of hybridization with Dendroica coronata (of race auduboni). Geographical variation mostly clinal. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- graciae S. F. Baird, 1865 - breeds SW USA and NW Mexico; winters mainly in W & C Mexico.
- yaegeri A. R. Phillips & Webster, 1961 - E slope of Sierra Madre Occidental (from S Sinaloa and Durango S to W Jalisco), in W Mexico; in winter S to Michoacán.
- remota Griscom, 1935 - highlands from S Mexico (Michoacán) S to W Nicaragua.
- decora Ridgway, 1873 - lowlands in Belize, E Honduras and Nicaragua.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A wintering Grace's Warbler
Locality Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California, USA (United States)
Justin Watts 5 February 2012 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.5 -
in a tree
Locality Cerro de San Juan, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern)
Michael Retter 1 January 2009 2 years ago 3
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A bird singing. Locality Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp remota)
Josep del Hoyo 9 April 2009 2 years ago 4
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