Mexican species

       
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
Mexico The Mexican Republic Aguascalientes Baja California Guadalupe Baja California Sur Campeche Chiapas Chihuahua Coahuila Colima Revillagigedos Revillagigedos Ciudad de México Durango Guanajuato Guerrero Hidalgo Jalisco México Michoacán Morelos Nayarit Tres Marías Nuevo León Oaxaca Puebla Querétaro Quintana Roo Cozumel San Luis Potosí Sinaloa Sonora Tabasco Tamaulipas Tlaxcala Veracruz Yucatán Zacatecas
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arizela arizela (arizela) Breeds far southeastern Alaska to south-central California; winters to southern Baja California and northern Sonora.
sinuosa arizela (arizela) Saltwater marshes from San Francisco to San Diego
modesta arizela (arizela) W Mexico (w-central Sonora south to Colima)
campicola melanops (melanops) Breeds western Canada and southeastern Alaska to northwestern USA; winters to northern Mexico.
occidentalis melanops (melanops) Breeds northern Oregon to New Mexico and northwestern Texas; winters to Honduras.
scirpicola melanops (melanops) S California to Nevada, sw Utah, n Baja and extreme nw Sonora
chryseola melanops (melanops) SE Arizona to s New Mexico, w Texas and nw Mexico
melanops melanops (melanops) Cent. Mexico (Zacatecas and n Jalisco to Oaxaca and Veracruz)
trichas trichas (trichas) Breeds southeastern Canada and east-central USA; winters to West Indies and northern South America.
typhicola trichas (trichas) Breeds southeastern USA; winters to southeastern Mexico (Veracruz).
ignota trichas (trichas) Coastal se S Carolina to s Florida, s Mississippi and se Louisiana
insperata insperata (insperata) S Texas (Rio Grande Valley below Brownsville)
chapalensis chapalensis (chapalensis) NW Mexico (Lake Chapala region of Jalisco)
Endemic status
Sound Guide
Comment Great variety among the many different subspecies. Mostly among the males, though. And especially the central Mexican subspecies chapalensis is rather distinctive with a warmer rich yellow to the body and a darker yellowish/grayish band above the mask, that makes it look very much like a Belding's Yellowthroat, making me wonder if it wouldn't be reasonable to give it a similar species status.
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