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Overview
Red-faced Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with gray upperparts, white nape and rump, and paler gray underparts. Forehead, throat, and upper breast are bright red. The crown and ear patches are black. Gray tail is long and square tipped. Eats mostly spiders and insects which it finds in tree branches.
Range and Habitat
Red-faced Warbler: Breeds in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Spends winters in the tropics. Found in montane coniferous forests.
Topo Map:
Perching-like Body
Listen to Call
Voice Text
"sweet-sweet-sweet-weeta-see-see-see", "chup"
Interesting Facts
The Red-faced Warbler is the only North American warbler with a bright reddish face and upper breasts.
Although they appear to be monogamous, they exhibit high rates of extra-pair copulations. Almost 75% of nests have at least one young bird sired by a male other than the territorial male.
They have a quirky habit of flicking their tail sideways while feeding.
A group of red-faced warblers are collectively known as an "embarrassment" of warblers.
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Author
Gary Owen Dick
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Imran Kahn
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