Verdin
Auriparus flaviceps
Family: Penduline-tits
Verdin is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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It is the only species in the genus Auriparus and the only representative of the Old World family Remizidae to be found in North America.
They feed in shrub-land and scrubby outcrops where insects are hosted and berries and seeds are plentiful.
They feed on many kinds of tiny insects, both adults and larvae, and also consume hard and soft mast of many trees and shrubs.