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Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Regulus calendula

Photo by concy88
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Field Notes

Description:

A very small but acrobatic and energetic songbird. These kinglets are olive-green with a white wingbar. They feed on insects in foliage and are very fast as they bolt from one branch to another. Males have a ruby crown that can be seen occasionally

Habitat:

trees near some apartment buildings

Reference Links:

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithol…

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PublishedNovember 25, 2014

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