SYLVIID^E : Kinglets and Gnatcatchers 



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Highly diverse in habitat, timber of mountains, chaparral, and 

 hottest deserts. All strictly insectivorous, they are chiefly gleaners among 

 the foliage, though the Gnatcatchers earn their name. 



Southwestern California 

 Res. Not common. Nests 

 high in mountains, and like 

 most other mountain residents, 

 seeks lower elevations in winter, 

 sometimes reaching low foot- 

 hills. Occurs in small, loose 

 flocks, or family groups. 



Western 



GoWen-Crowne 



S.V. Common. High 

 mountains, except extreme 

 southeastern Arizona. Nests 

 usually in a fir, on extreme tip 

 of a high limb. 



W.V., to foothills and low 

 country generally. Abundant. 

 Usually occurs singly. 



Ruby-crowned Kinq 



Southwestern California 

 Res. Common. Sonoran 

 Zones, nesting generally in 

 dry foothill localities. Widely 

 scattered in winter across low 

 deserts of the southeast. 



Arizona S.V., in Upper 

 Sonoran Zone; winter, in low, 

 warm valleys. 



Western Gnotcatche 



