Verdin
Auriparus flaviceps
Identification Tips:
- Length: 3.5 inches
- Short, thin bill
- Yellow face
- Black lores
- Pale gray upperparts
- Whitish underparts
- Brownish shoulders
- Sexes similar
Similar species:
The yellow face is the best field mark to identify this bird.
Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
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