Bird name:

Red-faced Warbler

Cardellina rubrifrons

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Code 4

RFWA

Code 6

CARRUB

ITIS

178970

Breeding Location:

Mountains

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Fairly common

Egg Color:

White with small brown spots

Number of Eggs:

3 - 4

Incubation Days:

10 - 13

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Stems, leaves, bark pieces, and conifer needles with lining of fine plant material.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Red-faced Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with gray upperparts, white nape and rump, and paler gray underparts. Forehead, throat, and breast are bright red. Crown and ear patches are black. Sexes are similar. Juvenile has brown upperparts, olive-brown throat, and lacks red.

Range and Habitat

Red-faced Warbler: Breeds in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Spends winters in the tropics. Found in montane coniferous forests.

Breeding and Nesting

Red-faced Warbler: Three or four white eggs, with small brown spots, are laid in a loosely assembled ground nest made of rootlets and grass, and sheltered by a log, rock, or patch of weeds. Incubation ranges from 10 to 13 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Red-faced Warbler: Eats mostly insects; forages in outer branches of conifers; also catches flying insects in mid-air.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Red-faced Warbler: Song is a series of rich notes "sweet-sweet-sweet-weeta-see-see-see." Call is a loud "chup."

Similar Species

Red-faced Warbler: None in range.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Breast

The upper front part of a bird.

Crown

The crown is the top part of the birds head.

Nape

Also called the hindneck or collar, it is the back of the neck where the head joins the body.

Rump

The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

Field Guide to Birds of North America