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Phainopepla

Contributors: Lynn Laux

This species shows well the changes in social organization that can occur when the food source changes: solitary and defensive when guarding fruiting mistletoe crops, sociable when tracking down insect food. A bird of the extreme southwest, this bird was photographed in Sedona, Arizona.

Phainopepla
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