Red-faced warbler Cardellina rubrifrons

Identification Tips:

• Length: 4.5 inches
• Small, insect-eating bird
• Thin, pointed bill
• Red patch around bill extends onto breast
• Red patch on side of neck
• Black patch on ear coverts, behind eye and across crown
• Small white patch on nape
• Gray upperparts
• White underparts

Similar species:

The Red-faced Warbler is instantly recognizable.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.