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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | Description: 5 1/4" (13 cm). Gray above, white below, with bright red forehead, throat, and breast; black crown and ear patch; white nape patch and rump. | |
| − | + | ==Distribution== | |
| − | + | Breeds in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Winters in tropics. | |
| − | + | ==Taxonomy== | |
| − | + | ==Habitat== | |
| − | + | Montane coniferous forests. | |
| − | + | ==Behaviour== | |
| − | + | Nesting: 3 or 4 white, marked eggs in a loosely assembled ground nest of rootlets and grasses, sheltered by a log, rock, or patch of weeds. | |
| + | Voice: Song is a series of rich notes: sweet-sweet-sweet-weeta-see-see-see, similar to that of the Yellow Warbler. Call is a loud chup. | ||
| + | Active and energetic like most warblers, the Red-faced keeps to the outside canopy of tall trees. This warbler has the characteristic habit of flicking its tail sideways. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 17 September 2007
- Cardellina rubrifrons
Identification
Description: 5 1/4" (13 cm). Gray above, white below, with bright red forehead, throat, and breast; black crown and ear patch; white nape patch and rump.
Distribution
Breeds in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Winters in tropics.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Montane coniferous forests.
Behaviour
Nesting: 3 or 4 white, marked eggs in a loosely assembled ground nest of rootlets and grasses, sheltered by a log, rock, or patch of weeds. Voice: Song is a series of rich notes: sweet-sweet-sweet-weeta-see-see-see, similar to that of the Yellow Warbler. Call is a loud chup. Active and energetic like most warblers, the Red-faced keeps to the outside canopy of tall trees. This warbler has the characteristic habit of flicking its tail sideways.
