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Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Corthylio calendula

The Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a tiny bird with a bright red crown on its head. It loves to flit around trees and bushes, searching for tiny insects to eat. These little birds are very energetic and fun to watch!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a tiny, active songbird with olive-green plumage and a prominent white eye-ring. Males have a bright red crown patch, often concealed, which they can flash when excited. They are noticeably smaller than warblers and chickadees.

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby kinglets hatch featherless and are completely helpless at birth!

Their song is remarkably loud for their size, making them easy to hear!

They build unique cup-shaped nests, held together with spider silk!

This tiny bird can migrate thousands of kilometers twice a year!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Hover-Hunter

Ruby-crowned Kinglet can hover in mid-air with rapid wing beats, that helps them pluck tiny insects from leaves and bark.

Fähigkeit

Crown Flash

Ruby-crowned Kinglet has a hidden red crown patch that helps them signal excitement or dominance to other kinglets.

Fähigkeit

Acrobatic Forager

Ruby-crowned Kinglet can hang upside down like an acrobat that helps them find hidden bugs on branches.

Maße und Details

Länge
9-11 cm
Flügelspannweite
14-18 cm
Gewicht
0.005-0.008 kg
Lebenserwartung
1-6 Jahre
Top Speed
45 km/h
Gelegegröße
7-12
Brutzeit
12-14 Tage
Zugstrecke
5000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny birds mostly eat small insects and spiders, but sometimes enjoy berries or tree sap!

Hauptnahrung

  • beetles
  • flies
  • spiders
  • caterpillars
  • berries
  • tree sap

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

shelters

White Spruce

Picea glauca

Nests are often built high in coniferous trees like spruce.

eaten by

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

Small birds like kinglets are common prey for this hawk.

eats

Stretch Spider

Tetragnatha extensa

Kinglets consume many types of spiders found in their habitat.

eats

Lake Midge

Chironomus plumosus

They forage on small insects, including various midge species.

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Gefahr

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

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

9-11 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

14-18 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

0.005-0.008 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

1-6 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

45 km/h

Was frisst Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

These tiny birds mostly eat small insects and spiders, but sometimes enjoy berries or tree sap!

Wo findet man Ruby-crowned Kinglet normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

Foraging

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