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Very small, warbler-like
bird,
olive-green to gray upperparts and
pale breast. Head has bright orange crown patch bordered with yellow
and black, white eyebrows and
black bill. Tail is short and wings have two bars. Weak fluttering flight
on shallow wing beats.
Each of the Golden-crowned Kinglet's nostrils are covered by a single,
tiny feather.
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GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLET
Regulus satrapa
PASSERIFORMES
Kinglets (Regulidae)
Range
and Breeding
Formerly breeding almost exclusively in the remote, boreal spruce-fir
forests of North America,ithas been expanding its breeding range southward
into spruce plantings in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
SOUND: "tsee-tsee-tsee"
They usually raises two large broods of young, despite the short nesting
season of the northern boreal forest.
A group of kinglets has many collective nouns, including a "castle",
"court", "princedom", and "dynasty" of
kinglets.
The Golden-crowned Kinglet is a small species of songbird which breeds
in coniferous forests throughout the Americas. This species may be found
in Canada, the northeastern and western United States, Mexico and Central
America.
During winter months, this bird migrates to the southern United States.
Those who live in coastal and southern regions are typically permanent
residents.
The Golden-crowned Kinglet forages for its food in trees and shrubs
or other low vegetation. This species’ diet consists mainly of
insects, insect eggs and spiders. Due to maintained or increasing populations
of the Golden-crowned Kinglet, its current conservation rating is Least
Concern.
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