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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!

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

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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Ruby-crowned Kinglet

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Hover-Hunter

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

Habilidad

Crown Flash

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

Habilidad

Acrobatic Forager

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
9-11 cm
Envergadura
14-18 cm
Peso
0.005-0.008 kg
Esperanza de vida
1-6 años
Top Speed
45 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta
7-12
Incubación
12-14 días
Distancia de migración
5000 km

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

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

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

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

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

9-11 cm

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

14-18 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

0.005-0.008 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

1-6 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

45 km/h

¿Qué come Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

Forests

¿Cómo caza Ruby-crowned Kinglet?

Foraging

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