Dendroica coronata: Audubon’s Yellow-rumped warbler– The Race Rocks Taxonomy

Raisa Mirza took these photos of the first Audubon’s Yellow-rumped warbler to be identified at Race Rocks on September 18, 2010, It was near the solar panels on the south side of the energy building. This is a female which has stopped over at Race Rocks on her migration route . To the left is an example of the full sized photograph for relative size approximation. This warbler is widespread throughout North America.

Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Sub-Phylum:Vertebrata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Parulidae
Genus Dendroica
Species coronata, auduboni group (Linnaeus,1776)
Common Name:Audubon’s Yellow-rumped warbler

Other Members of the Class Aves at Race Rocks 
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and Image File
pearsonlogo2_f2The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.

 September 2010- Raisa Mirza (PC)

Passerella iliaca: Fox Sparrow

Raisa Mirza took these photos of the first Fox Sparrow to be identified at Race Rocks on September 18, 2010, Six subspecies are usually recognized in the Sooty Fox Sparrow complex, ranging from unalaschensis in the Aleutians to fuliginosa in extreme northwestern Washington:

Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Sub-Phylum Vertebrata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Emberizidae
Genus Passerella
Species iliaca unalaschcensis group (Gmelin, 1789)
Common Name: Fox Sparrow

Other Members of the Class Aves at Race Rocks 
taxonomyiconReturn to the Race Rocks Taxonomy
and Image File
pearsonlogo2_f2The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.

 Raisa Mirza (PC)