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Regulus regulus (Goldcrest)

Synonyms: Motacilla regulus (homotypic); Regulus cristatus; Regulus flavicapillus; Regulus regulus interni

Wikipedia Abstract

The goldcrest (Regulus regulus) is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the "king of the birds" in European folklore. Several subspecies are recognised across the very large distribution range that includes much of Eurasia and the islands of Macaronesia. Birds from the north and east of its breeding range migrate to winter further south.
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Infraspecies

Regulus regulus azoricus
Regulus regulus buturlini
Regulus regulus coatsi
Regulus regulus ellenthalerae
Regulus regulus himalayensis
Regulus regulus hyrcanus
Regulus regulus inermis
Regulus regulus japonensis
Regulus regulus regulus
Regulus regulus sanctaemariae
Regulus regulus sikkimensis
Regulus regulus teneriffae
Regulus regulus tristis
Regulus regulus yunnanensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
10
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
35
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 19.8903
EDGE Score: 3.03928
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.5 grams
Birth Weight [2]  0.8 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  100 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  50 %
Forages - Understory [3]  50 %
Clutch Size [7]  10
Clutches / Year [6]  2
Fledging [4]  18 days
Incubation [6]  17 days
Maximum Longevity [5]  7 years
Wing Span [6]  6 inches (.14 m)
Female Maturity [5]  1 year
Male Maturity [5]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Ecosystems

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Emblem of

Luxembourg

Prey / Diet

Adelphocoris quadripunctatus[8]
Cryphoeca silvicola[8]
Megaselia giraudii[8]
Stenurella melanura[8]
Yponomeuta evonymella (Full-spotted Ermel Moth)[8]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Aegolius funereus (Boreal Owl)[8]
Garrulus glandarius (Eurasian Jay)[9]

Providers

Shelter 
Abies clanbrassiliana (Norway spruce)[8]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ceratophyllus fringillae[10]
Collyriclum faba[11]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 5de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 6British Trust for Ornithology
♦ 7Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 8Ecology of Commanster
♦ 9Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 10International Flea Database
♦ 11Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0