"Bird of the Month" Profiles:

Golden-cheeked Warbler
(Dendroica chrysoparia )

Length: 4.5 inches
Wingspan: 8 inches
Weight:10 grams
Diet: Insects

The Golden-cheeked Warbler is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in Texas. The main threat to this species has been destruction of its habitat at the hands of developers and livestock owners. Since it breeds in only one place in the world, in oak-juniper woodlands in central Texas, the loss of habitat there has been devastating. In areas where the woods remain, they may be in such small tracts that they can't sustain an adequate warbler food supply. The depredations of cowbirds, which lay eggs in warbler nests at the expense of the warbler hatchlings, have also taken a toll on this fragile species. Logging and the conversion of natural habitat to croplands has reduced the Golden-cheeked Warbler's wintering habitat in Central America, adding yet another blow.

(Birding content courtesy of Boreal Songbird Initiative & eNature)

The following shade-grown varieties of COFFEE FOR THE BIRDS™ help to preserve winter habitat for this species:

• Guatemala
• Guatemala VR