- Regulus satrapa
Identification
- White supercilium
- Black sides of crown
- Dark eyestripe
- Median crown yellow (male has orange center to crown, often concealed)
- Nape grayish
- Upperparts olive
- Wings and tail blackish with 2 whitish wingbars
- Thick black bar across base of secondaries
- Yellowish flight feather edgings
- Throat and underparts pale gray
- Washed buff on flanks
Juvenile
- Face pattern indistinct
- Median crown grayish olive
Distribution
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 6 subspecies[1]:
- R. s. olivaceus:
- South-eastern Alaska to Oregon (west of Cascades); winters to southern California
- R. s. amoenus:
- Kenai Peninsula and central Yukon to Rocky Mountains; winters to south-western US
- R. s. satrapa:
- Labrador and Newfoundland to eastern US; winters to Gulf Coast
- R. s. apache:
- Mountains of southern Arizona; winters to southern Texas and New Mexico
- R. s. aztecus:
- Mountains of Mexico (Michoacán to Hidalgo, Puebla and Guerrero)
- R. s. clarus:
R. s. amoenus is generally considered invalid[2].
Habitat
Mixed woods, marsh and prairie, deciduous and fir forests, blackberry tangles.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists almost entirely of insects.
Vocalisation
A very high, thin ssi-ssi-ssi with variations
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Golden-crowned Kinglet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Golden-crowned_Kinglet
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