- Verdin
Taxobox
name = Verdin
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia =Remizidae
genus = "Auriparus"
genus_authority = Baird,SF, 1864
species = "A. flaviceps"
binomial = "Auriparus flaviceps"
binomial_authority = (Sundevall, 1850)The Verdin ("Auriparus flaviceps") is a species of
penduline tit . It is the only species in the genus "Auriparus", and the only species in the family to be found in theNew World .The Verdin is a very small bird. At 4.5 inches in length, it rivals the
Bushtit as one of the smallestpasserine s in North America. It is gray overall, and adults have a bright yellow head and rufous "shoulder patch" (the lesser coverts). Unlike the tits, it has a sharply pointed bill.Verdins are insectivorous, continuously foraging among the desert trees and scrubs. They are usually solitary except when they pair up to construct their conspicuous nests.
Verdins are permanent residents of the southwestern
United States and northernMexico , ranging from southeasternCalifornia toTexas , throughoutBaja California and into central Mexico, north of theTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt .References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
*ITIS|ID=178759|taxon=Auriparus flaviceps|year=2006|date=9 February
External links
* [http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/images/Photos/auriflav.jpgPhoto] ; [http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=auriflav Article w/Synopsis] dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov, "Verdin", @ Division of Wildlife Resources
* [http://www.imperial.cc.ca.us/birds/verdin.jpgPhoto] ; [http://www.imperial.cc.ca.us/birds/verdin.htm Article & synopsis] "Verdin", at imperial.cc.ca.us-(Imperial Community College, California)
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?VIREO_SESSION_ID=f525b15c4b8bd11ba99ef650d82dbbb0&Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=verdin&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Verdin photo gallery] VIREO
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