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 at high elevations from central Arizona east to western New Mexico through the Pacific slope and adjacent interior of Mexico from Sonora to Durango. Casual in southern California, where it may breed, and central and southeastern New Mexico; also sight reports from southern Nevada and Texas. 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: Slate-throated Redstart has darker gray upperparts, black throat, and lacks white wing bar.