Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having yellow lores: as, the golden-cheeked warbler, Dendrœca chrysoparia.
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For bird species that are already of conservation concern such as the golden-cheeked warbler, whooping crane, and spectacled eider, the added vulnerability to climate change may hasten declines or prevent recovery.
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The threatened golden-cheeked warbler and black-capped vireo inhabit northwestern areas where the Ashe juniper is present.
Southwest Plateau and Plains Dry Steppe and Shrub Province (Bailey) 2009
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Areas in western Travis County and northwest Bexar County that preserve the best remaining contiguous habitat of the golden-cheeked warbler
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The Edwards Plateau Savannas contains most of the breeding habitat for an endemic migratory warbler, the golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), which nests only in mature oak-juniper savannas, or cedar brakes.
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The southern nesting limits of two rare birds with very limited nesting ranges, the black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) and golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) are restricted to northern Tamaulipan Mezquital, in Texas.
Tamaulipan mezquital 2008
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Fort Hood, which contains the largest population of golden-cheeked warblers and black-capped vireos under a single management unit, as well as significant karst features
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For her he found the red berries and the golden-cheeked apples.
Northland Heroes Florence Holbrook 1896
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In the Hill Country, the bird could be confused only with the golden-cheeked warbler, but that bird has no yellow tinge on its white underside.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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And the golden-cheeked comes to Texas - and only to Texas - to breed.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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Then there's the endangered golden-cheeked warbler that comes up from the highlands of southern Mexico and Central America to breed only in Texas in the Ashe junipers of the Hill Country.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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