{{short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | image = Colima Warbler (Leiothlypis crissalis) in Mexico.jpg | image_caption = Colima Warbler in Mexico | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Leiothlypis crissalis'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T22721633A168863036 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721633A168863036.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Leiothlypis | species = crissalis | authority = (Salvin & Godman, 1889) | range_map = Oreothlypis crissalis map.svg | range_map_caption = Range of ''O. crissalis'' {{leftlegend|#FFFF00|outline=gray|Breeding range}}{{leftlegend|#0000FF|outline=gray|Winter range}} | synonyms = ''Vermivora crissalis''<br/> ''Oreothlypis crissalis'' }}

The '''Colima warbler''' ('''''Leiothlypis crissalis''''') is a New World warbler. It is mainly found in the Sierra Madre Occidental and Oriental mountains of central Mexico, though its range just barely extends into adjacent southwestern Texas in the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park.

The Colima warbler is about {{convert|4.5|to|5|in|cm}} long. They are mainly dark gray and brownish in coloration, with a pale underside. Their rump and the feathers below their tail are yellow. They have a white ring around their eye and a tinge of pale color on their breasts. Males have a spot of orange on the top of their heads.

In appearance, the Colima warbler is very similar to Virginia's warbler, but is larger in size, more robust, and heavier billed. Virginia's warbler has much more yellow or pale color on their breasts, which is grayer in the Colima warbler. The yellow above and below the tail is also more orange-yellow than the Colima warbler, and more greenish-yellow in Virginia's warblers.

==Life history==

Nesting is done on the ground. Forming a loose cup-shaped nest of grass, leaves, and moss the Colima warbler hides its nest among the mountain rocks. It usually lays four eggs, which are white to cream-colored and speckled with brown.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/colima-warbler Guide to North American Birds: Colima warbler] on Audubon Society website

<!-- ==Further reading== ===Books===

* Beason, R. C., and R. H. Wauer. 1998. ''Colima Warbler (Vermivora crissalis)''. In ''The Birds of North America'', No. 383 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

===Articles===

* Brush, A. H. and N. K. Johnson (1976) ''The evolution of color differences between Nashville and Virginia's Warblers''. Condor. vol. '''78''' pp.&nbsp;412–414. * Lanning DV, Marshall JT & Shiflett JT. (1990). ''Range and Habitat of the Colima Warbler''. Wilson Bulletin. vol '''102''', no 1. pp.&nbsp;1–13. * Wauer, R. H. (1994) ''A closer look: Colima Warbler''. Birding. vol. '''26''' pp.&nbsp;250–253. * Wauer, R. H. (1979) ''Colima Warbler status at Big Bend National Park, Texas''. Proc. First Conf. Sci. Res. Natl. Parks. N.P.S. Trans. Proc. Ser. 5: 474496. -->

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Category:Leiothlypis Category:Birds of Mexico Category:Birds of the Rio Grande valleys Category:Birds of the Sierra Madre Oriental Category:Birds of the Sierra Madre Occidental Category:Birds of the Sierra Madre del Sur Category:Birds of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt Colima warbler Colima warbler Colima warbler