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Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Scotland
The Goldcrest is distributed throughout most of Europe and across southern Siberia and the Himalayas to Japan and China.

 


Goldcrest
Goldcrests are all-year visitors to our garden. In early April their song can be a regular feature. But often the songsters can be difficult to locate as they flit restlessly in the foliage of a windbreak of lofty cypresses.

Goldcrest
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Goldcrest
Male
Olive-green with orange-red stripe on crown.
Regulus regulus ...

Goldcrests vie with their cousins, firecrests, for the title of the UK's smallest songbird. Odd then, that such a tiny bird chooses to build its nest at the top of some of the tallest trees.

Goldcrest
The goldcrest is the UK's smallest songbird and is dull green above and buff white below with a distinctive orange or yellow crown stripe. It is a widespread species, closely associated with coniferou... More...
Golden eagle ...

Goldcrest Regulus regulus Found: Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1) Vladimir Chernyanskiy 2, 3) Gertjan Hooijer at Baarn, Netherlands ...

Similar are the Old World goldcrest and the European firecrest. They are active, insectivorous birds, traveling in loose bands together with nuthatches, woodpeckers, creepers, and titmice. Their hanging nests are purse-shaped.

Similar looking are the old world goldcrest and also of the European firecrest . They're active insectivorous birds , traveling in loose bands together with nuthatches, woodpeckers, creepers, and titmice .

Regulus regulus - Goldcrest (photo)
Regulus ignicapillus - Firecrest
Muscicapidae - Flycatchers
Muscicapa
Muscicapa striata - Spotted Flycatcher (photo)
Muscicapa dauurica - Brown Flycatcher
Ficedula ...

See also: Flamingo, Warbler, Wren, FireCrest, Tit