Black-polled yellowthroat

Black-polled yellowthroat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Geothlypis
Species: G. speciosa
Binomial name
Geothlypis speciosa
(PL Sclater, 1859)

The black-polled yellowthroat (Geothlypis speciosa) is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.

Distribution

It is endemic to central Mexico and the southwestern Mexican Plateau, in Guanajuato, Michoacán, and México State.

Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes.

Conservation

It is an Endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.

Illustration by Keulemans, 1885

References


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