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Common Firecrest

Regulus ignicapilla

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Regulidae

The common firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla), also known as the firecrest, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. It breeds in most of temperate Europe and northwestern Africa, and is partially migratory, with birds from central Europe wintering to the south and west of their breeding range. Firecrests in the Balearic Islands and north Africa are widely recognised as a separate subspecies, but the population on Madeira, previously also treated as a subspecies, is now treated as a distinct species, the Madeira firecrest, Regulus madeirensis.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 121,435Netherlands · 86,866France · 77,297Germany · 24,947United Kingdom · 19,624Italy · 13,809Switzerland · 5,689Belgium · 3,243Luxembourg · 1,279