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Verdin

Auriparus flaviceps

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Remizidae

The verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) is a species of penduline tit. 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. Taxonomy The verdin was formally described in 1850 by the Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall under the binomial name Aegithalus flaviceps.

Distribution

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