Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)

Other Names (World)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sitkan Kinglet (grinnelli), Dusky Kinglet (obscurus)

Family
Regulidae (Kinglets And Firecrests)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Temperate forest. From sea-level - 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas, Canada (P), Cayman Islands, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, St Pierre and Miquelon (B) (P), Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B).

Vagrant to Dominican Republic, Greenland, Iceland, Jamaica.

Population
Estimated population is 70,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (63)...)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) [XC695300]
by Richard E. Webster from San agustin Etla, Peque\u00f1a colina, Mexico (call)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) [XC391428]
by Richard E. Webster from Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia, United States (call)

Subspecies
In USA, described subspecies cineraceus (from California) and arizonensis (from Arizona) considered not properly separable from eastern populations, and therefore synonymized with nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

grinnelli Palmer, W, 1897 - Breeds Alaska, south-western Canada (British Columbia) and north-western USA. Non-breeding mainly western and southern USA.
calendula (Linnaeus, 1766) - Breeds central and eastern Canada and WC, south-western and north-eastern USA. Non-breeding central and southern USA south to northern Central America.
obscurus Ridgway, 1876 - Guadalupe I, off Baja California (Mexico).

References
See References.

Files:

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