Scientific Name: Vermivora luciae

Residency: The Lucy?s Warbler is a summer resident of Arizona.

Diet: This warbler eats mostly caterpillars, beetles and leafhoppers foraged from trees and shrubbery.

Predators:  Wood rats, Gila Monsters, lizards, and snakes eat eggs.  No information on adults.

Nesting: Nests are built in pre-existing cavities in velevet mesquite and cottonwood trees. These birds will also use old woodpecker cavities.

Nesting Records:

Notes: Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism is causing problems for this species. This warbler is on the Audubon?s Watchlist due to its limited breeding distribution and threats to its habitat.

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