Verdin (VERD) Auriparus flaviceps

Adult Verdin taken Juvenile Verden By Susan Schalbe By: Jim Hulley

https://www.flickr.com/photos/susansnaturephotos/25869422 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Verdin/media-browser/68 245/ 042991 Characteristics Habitat

➔ Small songbirds with a bright yellow face ➔ Most likely to be seen on branch and red on shoulders sticking out of large bush or small tree ➔ Length: 8.64cm - 10.92cm ➔ Create spherical nests within a bush or ➔ Weight: 6.8g shrub less than 2 metes off the ground ➔ Wingspan: 16.51cm and placed in shrub near end of ➔ Not sexually dimorphic branch. ➔ Normally found in lower elevations but can range up to 900m

Behavior

➔ Usually heard before seen, call sounds like cheer “Let’s go Ver-din!” ➔ Call is more frequently made during mating season while males build multiple nests for females to choose from ➔ Weaves enclosed nest of twigs and thorns lined with fine grasses, dead leaves, spider webs, feathers, and

Verdin Nest plant down ➔ Nesting begins during the spring https://www.travelblog.org/Photos/3542337 Verdin (VERD) Auriparus flaviceps

Diet Range

➔ Verdins consume insects found on twigs and shrubs as well as berries and seeds Picture of map? Range map from AllAboutBirds

Zzyzx-Specific Information

➔ Can be found on Creosote bushes, Cacti, Joshua trees, and in Desert Holly ➔ Usually singing on exposed branches, or making nests within bushes

Conservation Status https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Verdin/maps-range ➔ Verdin populations declined by approximately 1.9% per year which indicates that they are a of low conservation concern.

Immature Verdin By Robert Royse

http://www.roysephotos.com/Verdin.html

Did you know?!

➔ Verdins are a species of Adult Verdin and are the only in the By George Anast Auriparus. https://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/verdin-auriparus-flaviceps/verdins-lov ➔ Will sometimes visit hummingbird e-hummingbird-feeder-especially-cold-weather-i-am feeders ● Churchwell, R. T. (2007). Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps). Retrieved from

http://www.prbo.org/calpif/htmldocs/species/desert/verd.htm

● Susan. (2016, March 17). At home in the desert. Retrieved from

https://www.flickr.com/photos/susansnaturephotos/25869422245/

● Verdin. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://digital-desert.com/wildlife-birds/verdin.html

● Verdin Life History, All About , Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Verdin/lifehistory

● Verdin Nest. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.travelblog.org/Photos/3542337

● Verdin Photos and Videos for, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Verdin/media-browser/68042991