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Common Firecrest

Regulus ignicapilla

The Common Firecrest is a tiny bird with a bright orange crown on its head. It loves to flit around in trees and is often found in forests, singing sweet songs.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Common Firecrest has a striking fiery orange-yellow crest bordered by black stripes on its olive-green head. Its white supercilium, black eye-stripe, and bronze shoulders differentiate it from other small songbirds. It also features a pale belly and dark wings with two white wing bars.

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Common Firecrest
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Common Firecrest

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Even though tiny, firecrests can lay up to 12 eggs in one clutch!

Their fiery head stripe looks like a tiny crown, making them truly regal!

Their nest is like a tiny, cozy cup held together with spider silk!

They often join other small birds to search for food in big groups!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Agile Acrobat

Common Firecrest has incredible agility that helps them hover and hang upside down to forage on the undersides of leaves.

Fähigkeit

Whispering Communicator

Common Firecrest has very high-pitched calls and songs that help them communicate without attracting larger predators.

Maße und Details

Länge
9-10 cm
Flügelspannweite
13-16 cm
Gewicht
0.004-0.007 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-3 Jahre
Top Speed
25 km/h
Gelegegröße
7-12
Brutzeit
14-16 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

Tiny insects, spiders, and their eggs are a Firecrest's favorite snack!

Hauptnahrung

  • Spiders
  • Aphids
  • Caterpillars
  • Insect eggs
  • Small beetles

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

hunts small birds in their forest habitat.

shelters

Scots Pine

Pinus sylvestris

builds their mossy nests among its needles.

shelters

Norway Spruce

Picea abies

forages among the dense foliage for insects.

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Always watch birds from a distance and be quiet so you don't scare them away.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Common Firecrest?

9-10 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Firecrest?

13-16 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Common Firecrest?

0.004-0.007 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Firecrest?

2-3 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Common Firecrest?

25 km/h

Was frisst Common Firecrest?

Tiny insects, spiders, and their eggs are a Firecrest's favorite snack!

Wo findet man Common Firecrest normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Common Firecrest?

Foraging

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