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Altamira Yellowthroat
Geothlypis flavovelata
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About the Altamira Yellowthroat
The Altamira yellowthroat (Geothlypis flavovelata) is a New World warbler. It is a resident breeding bird endemic to the Gulf slope of north-eastern Mexico.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Geothlypis flavovelata
- Family
- New World Warblers
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the new world warblers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Bachman's Warbler Vermivora bachmanii
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Belding's Yellowthroat Geothlypis beldingi
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Black-polled Yellowthroat Geothlypis speciosa
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
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