Endangered
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Setophaga chrysoparia
Golden-cheeked Warbler is a perching bird in the family Parulidae (order Passeriformes) — Setophaga chrysoparia, recorded as Endangered.
Appearance
The golden-cheeked warbler is very striking due to its bright yellow cheeks that are contrasted by its black throat and back.
Published measurements include mass about 1.62.
Range and habitat
The golden-cheeked warbler can be found in numerous state parks within Texas. The golden-cheeked warbler is endemic to Texas and Mexico. Their habitat can range from moist, to dry areas around central and southern Texas.
The Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan (BCCP) is another project responsible for building warbler preserves, with the goal of eventually adding a total of 41,000 acres to the warbler's habitat.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Golden-cheeked warblers only nest in Texas, primarily in juniper trees. Even so, they have also been found to nest in oak trees and cedar elms.
Even though male warblers are found either singing or searching for food, females carry the responsibility of nest building as well as keeping the eggs incubated. Warblers only nest once per season, laying between three and four eggs each time, that take an average of twelve days to hatch.
In crisis
Sitting at the top of the endangered list (of species in North America) since May 1990, different projects are currently underway to restore the habitat of the golden-cheeked warbler. Fish and Wildlife Service, with the goal of rebuilding and creating new, safe habitats for the warbler (along with other endangered species). Between the years of 1962 and 1974, the population estimated to an 8 to 12% drop.
The main direct threat towards the golden-cheeked warbler is the rapid loss of habitats. Furthermore, the brown-headed cowbird (that is a brood parasite that lays eggs in other nests, then abandons the nest) and its impact on the golden-cheeked warbler population is still being studied.
Golden-cheeked Warbler is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Golden-cheeked Warbler, Wikidata item Q27075939. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
