Cardellina rubrifrons
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In 3 days <5%
The red-faced warbler (Cardellina rubrifrons) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is found from the southwestern United States south to El Salvador and Honduras. The red-faced warbler was formally described in 1841 with the binomial Muscicapa rubrifrons and the English name "red fronted fly catcher". It is monotypic.
The red-faced warbler is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs an average of about 10 g (0.35 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage. Adult males have a mostly bright scarlet face, throat, and upper breast with a black crown, black ear coverts, and a white hindcrown and upper nape. Their lower nape and upperparts are mostly slate gray with a white rump. Their wings and tail are grayish brown with paler feather edges. Their median secondary coverts have whitish tips that form a distinct wing bar and the greater secondary coverts have pale gray tips whose resulting wing bar is very pale. Their lower breast and belly are grayish white that becomes whiter on the undertail coverts. Adult females have the same pattern as males but have a duller scarlet to chrome orange face. Both sexes... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-faced Warbler sighting in Mexico City on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 296th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-faced Warbler in Mexico City on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-faced Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Red-faced Warbler sightings, Mexico City ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Los Angeles (United States, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-faced Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Mexico City (16 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
