Colima Warbler
A species of Leiothlypis Warblers Scientific name : Leiothlypis crissalis Genus : Leiothlypis Warblers
Colima Warbler, A species of Leiothlypis Warblers
Botanical name: Leiothlypis crissalis
Genus: Leiothlypis Warblers
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Description
The Colima warbler (Leiothlypis crissalis) is a New World warbler. It is mainly found in the Sierra Madre Occidental and Oriental mountains of central Mexico, though its range just barely extends into adjacent southwestern Texas in the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park. The Colima warbler is about 4.5 to 5 inches (11 to 13 cm) long. They are mainly dark gray and brownish in coloration, with a pale underside. Their rump and the feathers below their tail are yellow. They have a white ring around their eye and a tinge of pale color on their breasts. Males have a spot of orange on the top of their heads. In appearance, the Colima warbler is very similar to Virginia's warbler, but is larger in size, more robust, and heavier billed. Virginia's warbler has much more yellow or pale color on their breasts, which is grayer in the Colima warbler. The yellow above and below the tail is also more orange-yellow than the Colima warbler, and more greenish-yellow in Virginia's warblers. 
Size
13 - 23 cm
Feeding Habits
Colima Warbler mainly consumes insects such as wasp eggs, gall larvae, green caterpillars, spiders, crane flies, and mantids. Colima Warbler's foraging involves hunting for these prey items on oak trees. This species has a preference for specific caterpillar types that complement its dietary needs.
Habitat
Oak, Mexican piñon, juniper, Arizona cypress chaparral, clumps of small oaks, areas with shorter trees, taller shrubs and ground vegetation, deeper litter than unoccupied areas, areas with greater shrub and ground vegetation cove
Nest Behavior
Both colima Warbler sexes build the nest. Males maintain territory through song and sometimes physical confrontation.
Nest Characteristics
Colima Warbler's nests are ground-based, hidden among rocks on dry wash banks or talus slopes. The open cup-shaped nest is constructed with grass, cedar bark, leaves, roots, and mosses, commonly lined with animal hair, utilizing pinyon-ricegrass.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
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Scientific Classification
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Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
New world warblers Genus
Leiothlypis Warblers Species
Colima Warbler 
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