| Common Name: | Verdin | | Scientific Name: | Auriparus flaviceps | | Family: | Remizidae | | Area: | Buckskin Mountain State Park, Arizona | | Date: | February 17, 2010 | 
This very small bird can easily be mistaken for a Bushtitt or a Gnatcatcher save for the yellow of its head. Males and females have the same coloring except the female is duller. The nest is globe shaped with a side entrance, with 3-5 spotted greenish eggs. | 
Lake Havasu State Park, Arizona --- February 7, 2013 | | Reference: | National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America by Dunn & Alderfer / The Birder's Handbook by Ehrlich, Dobkin & Wheye |
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