Size: 4.5 inches
Overall Color: gray-yellow
Occurrence: widespread
Diet: insects, seeds, berries
Nest: spherical with side entrance
Field Identification: yellow head, red patch on shoulder, hyperactive
Season: year-round

Verdin
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Remizidae (verdins)
Genus: Auriparus
species: flavicepes