Red Warbler

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Red Warbler
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Ergaticus
Species: E. ruber
Binomial name
Ergaticus ruber
(Swainson, 1827)

The Red Warbler (Ergaticus ruber) is a small passerine endemic to the Sierra Madre of Mexico, north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Adults are bright red, with a white or silver ear patch, depending on the subspecies. Red Warbler forms a species pair with the Pink-headed Warbler of Chiapas and Guatemala.