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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Parulidae.

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Examples

  • Spooky spotted a Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia), which was a new one for both of us.

    "The tides will come and go, witnessed by no waking eye." greygirlbeast 2009

  • Three endemic birds are the Elfin-woods warbler (Dendroica angelae), Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata), and Puerto Rican bullfinch (Loxigilla portoricensis).

    Puerto Rico 2009

  • Northern migratory species winter in the savanna, such as spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia, barn swallow Hirundo rustica and blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata.

    Canaima National Park, Venezuela 2009

  • Two endemic species of passeriforms on the island are Mimus magnirostris (nightingale) and Vireo caribaeus, and other subspecies are Icterus leucopteryx lawrencii, Vireo altiloquus canescens, Coereba flaveola oblita and Dendroica petechia flavida.

    Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forests 2007

  • Three endemic birds are the Elfin-woods warbler (Dendroica angelae), Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata), and Puerto Rican bullfinch (Loxigilla portoricensis).

    Puerto Rico 2009

  • The southern nesting limits of two rare birds with very limited nesting ranges, the black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) and golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) are restricted to northern Tamaulipan Mezquital, in Texas.

    Tamaulipan mezquital 2008

  • Yellow-rumped warbler (Dendroica coronata) is also found only in this part of the prairies.

    Northern mixed grasslands 2008

  • Among the endemic birds associated with mangroves are the Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus, the Jamaican tody Todus todus, and endemic subspecies of the mangrove warbler Dendroica petechia gundlachi, and the clapper rail Rallus longirostris caribaeus.

    Greater Antilles mangroves 2008

  • Exclusive to the area are the bare-throated tiger-heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) and the continental subspecies of the yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia).

    Magdalena-Santa Marta mangroves 2008

  • The Edwards Plateau Savannas contains most of the breeding habitat for an endemic migratory warbler, the golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), which nests only in mature oak-juniper savannas, or cedar brakes.

    Edwards Plateau savanna 2008

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