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;[[:Category:Regulus|Regulus]] ignicapilla | ;[[:Category:Regulus|Regulus]] ignicapilla | ||
| − | [[Image:Firecrest.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by rayh]] | + | [[Image:Firecrest.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by rayh.]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Patchy and discontinuous range in Europe breeding from Brittany, east across Europe, including Denmark, to about | + | Patchy and discontinuous range in [[Europe]] breeding from Brittany, east across [[Europe]], including [[Denmark]], to about 30 degrees east in [[Russia]]. In the south breeds in the northern half of Iberia and extreme south of [[Spain]], central and southern [[France]], [[Italy]] and parts of the Balkans and [[Greece]]. Also breeds on Madeira, [[Mallorca]], [[Corsica]], [[Sardinia]], [[Sicily]] and Crete, in North-West [[Africa]] and parts of northern [[Turkey]] and the Caucasus. Very small numbers breed in Britain, mainly in southern [[England]] and the New Forest in particular. |
| − | Northern and eastern populations are migratory wintering in western Europe and around the Mediterranean, birds from remainder of range are largely resident. | + | Northern and eastern populations are migratory wintering in western [[Europe]] and around the Mediterranean, birds from remainder of range are largely resident. |
| − | Recorded as a vagrant in Finland. | + | Recorded as a vagrant in [[Finland]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ===Subspecies=== | ||
| + | Nominate race occurs over most of range, replaced by greyer-plumaged ''balearicus'' and in [[Mallorca]] and North [[Africa]], ''madeirensis'' from Madeira is longer-billed with duller crown stripe and shorter supercilium. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Breeds in deciduous, mixed and coniferous forest, also evergreen oak and tree-heath around the Mediterranean. | Breeds in deciduous, mixed and coniferous forest, also evergreen oak and tree-heath around the Mediterranean. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Regulus+ignicapilla}} | {{GSearch|Regulus+ignicapilla}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Regulus]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Regulus]] | ||
Revision as of 16:29, 7 March 2008
- Regulus ignicapilla
Identification
Distribution
Patchy and discontinuous range in Europe breeding from Brittany, east across Europe, including Denmark, to about 30 degrees east in Russia. In the south breeds in the northern half of Iberia and extreme south of Spain, central and southern France, Italy and parts of the Balkans and Greece. Also breeds on Madeira, Mallorca, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Crete, in North-West Africa and parts of northern Turkey and the Caucasus. Very small numbers breed in Britain, mainly in southern England and the New Forest in particular.
Northern and eastern populations are migratory wintering in western Europe and around the Mediterranean, birds from remainder of range are largely resident. Recorded as a vagrant in Finland.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Nominate race occurs over most of range, replaced by greyer-plumaged balearicus and in Mallorca and North Africa, madeirensis from Madeira is longer-billed with duller crown stripe and shorter supercilium.
Habitat
Breeds in deciduous, mixed and coniferous forest, also evergreen oak and tree-heath around the Mediterranean.
