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Red Warbler Ergaticus ruber
Desierto de los Leones, Mexico City. 26 March 2005 and 24 March 2007

The dazzingly beautiful Red Warbler, a Mexican endemic found in oak-pine woodland between 2000 and 3500m, is common at Desierto de Los Leones (just outside Mexico City) where it’s distinctive “pseet” call is one of the commoner sounds along the [...]

Crescent-chested Warbler Parula superciliosa
Desierto de los Leones, Mexico City. 24 March 2007

The beautiful Crescent-chested Warbler, usually placed in the genus Parula with the Northern and Tropical Parulas but sometimes in Vermivora with eg Orange-crowned and Virgnia’s Warblers, is a resident of montane oak-pine and mixed softwood forests of northern Mexico to Nicaragua. Some seasonal migration [...]

Desierto de los Leones Recreational Park, Mexico City
24 March 2007

>Mexico City is located near the southern end of the plateau of Anáhuac, at an altitude of c.7,800 ft (2,380 m). The horizons of the city are almost obscured by mountain barriers, and the peaks of Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl are not far off. The climate [...]

Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli belli
Desierto de los Leones, Mexico City, 26 March 2005

The only species of Basileuterus endemic to northern Central America, the Golden-browed Warbler is fairly common and found in pine-oak forest (like that at Desierto de los Leones) and cloud forest with a dense understory from 1300-3500m. Birds are sedentary and pairs remain [...]

Desierto de los Leones Recreational Park, Mexico City26 March 2005.
 
Mexico City is located near the southern end of the plateau of Anáhuac, at an altitude of c.7,800 ft (2,380 m). The horizons of the city are almost obscured by mountain barriers, and the peaks of Popocatapetl and Iztaccihuatl are not far off. The climate is [...]