Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Kinglets :: Firecrest

Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus

Described by: Temminck (1820)
Alternate common name(s): Eurasian Firecrest, Common Firecrest
Old scientific name(s): Regulus ignicapilla

Photographs

Vaulx-en-Velin, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France - Dec, 1990 © Pascal Dubois 
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Range

Temperate w. Europe, Near East, and n. Africa;
Highly fragmented distribution;
(1) W. Europe from s. England e. to c. Poland and s. Russia, the Carpathian Mountains to Turkey.
(2) W. Caucasus.
(3) Crimea.
(4) Balearic Is. and nw. Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and n. Tunisia).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Frans van der Veen
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Jeff Blincows Sound Gallery
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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