Black-polled yellowthroat

Black-polled yellowthroat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Geothlypis
Species: G. speciosa
Binomial name
Geothlypis speciosa
(PL Sclater, 1859)

The black-polled yellowthroat (Geothlypis speciosa) is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Illustration by Keulemans, 1885

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