In dense impenetrable thickets of cactus and yucca growth, a few of these birds rear their families. Little is known of their habits; heat, aridity and remoteness rendering study almost impossible.
NEST: a compact woven cup, built of materials from tree where located. Semi-pensile on bayonet yucca points or in other trees or bushes.
EGGS: 3–5; pale blue, wreathed at large end with pencil lines and spots of brown.
Narrow belt in Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
A 30-foot tree distributed from South Carolina and Florida to Missouri and Texas.