Dendroica chrysoparia is a local breeder in Edwards Plateau, Lampasas Cut Plain and Central Mineral Region, Texas, USA². It occurs at an average density of 15 males/km² in c.350 km² of occupied habitat, and the population was estimated to number 21,000 individuals in 2004¹⁵. There was a 25% loss in available territories between 1962 and 1981², and the population has clearly declined. It winters in southern Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras, where it is uncommon to fairly common^2,19. There are recent reports/records from Costa Rica¹¹ and Panama¹⁴.