🐦Goldcrest
The goldcrest is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers, as well as being called the "king of the birds" in European folklore, gives rise to its English and scientific names. The scientific name, R. regulus, means 'petty king' or prince. Several subspecies are recognised across the very large distribution range that includes much of the Palearctic and the islands of Macaronesia and Iceland. Birds from the north and east of its breeding range migrate to winter further south.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 0.01 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 7 years
Everything we know about the Goldcrest
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.01 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.01 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.04 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.01 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.01 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan7 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatForestAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleInsessorialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Goldcrest yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderPasseriformes
- ›familyRegulidae
- ›genusRegulus
- ›speciesRegulus regulus
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
- genusRegulus
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
- genusRegulus
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