Red-faced Warbler
Common
Name: Red-faced Warbler (RFWA)
Scientific
Name:
Cardellina
rubrifrons
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: Not on IUCN 2004 Red List
National-level
Conservation Status:
Nothing other than coverage under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Key
Reference(s):
BNA No. 152 (Martin and Barber 1995)
Distribution:
Breeds from c
Arizona
and sw
New Mexico
(casually in the
Sandia
Mountains
) south through
Sonora
, w
Chihuahua
, and Sinaloa to w
Durango
. Winters from Sinaloa and
Durango
south through the highlands of
Mexico
(ranging east to w-c
Veracruz
) and
Guatemala
to
El Salvador
and w
Honduras
(AOU 1998).
Habitat
Associations:
Pine
Forest
,
Pine-Oak
Forest
, Riparian Thickets; locally also mixed aspen-coniferous woodland (1500
– 3100 m; upper Subtropical and Temperate zones) (AOU 1998).
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs: Arizona Bird Conservation
Plan; New Mexico Bird Conservation Plan; BNA No. 152 (Martin and Barber
1995); PIF Monitoring Needs document (Partners in Flight Science Committee
2004)
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category:
Mo1 (Essentially no data on population trend); Mo4 (2/3 or more of
Western Hemisphere breeding range is south of the
U.S.
) (from PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – Conduct Mexican Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) (PIF
Monitoring Needs doc)
- Second
priority monitoring action – Conduct border (U.S.-Mexican) bird
surveys (PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
- High
priority candidate for rapid status assessment (PIF Monitoring Needs
doc)
- Supplemental
RFWA Surveys
- Determine the distribution of RFWA (
Arizona
); Monitor RFWA habitat trends (
Arizona
)
- Determine
current threats to the RFWA population (including humans) (
Arizona
)
- Determine
if RFWA in
Mexico
and
Guatemala
are year-round residents or whether all individuals migrate some
distance (BNA)
Habitat
Needs/Ecology/Life History
- Information
on RFWA nesting in areas other than the Mogollon Rim (BNA)
- see
needs under "Wintering”
Effects
of Management Practices
- Determine
the buffer area width need to prevent impacts to RFWA (
Arizona
)
- Determine
effects of fire and grazing on RFWA populations in
New Mexico
(
New Mexico
)
Migration
- More
information on RFWA migration ecology - Determine RFWA habitat use during Spring and Fall
migration (
Arizona
); Study RFWA migration ecology and habitat use (
Arizona
; BNA)
Wintering
- Study
wintering and breeding ecology of RFWA in
Mexico
(
Arizona
; BNA)
Genetics/Taxonomy/Systematics
- Studies
on phylogenetic relationships with other similar species (Red and
Pink-headed warblers) (BNA)
[Link
to References]
[Link
to PIF Bird Conservation Plans]
|
