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Goldcrest or Canary Islands Kinglet

Regulus [regulus or teneriffae] (= Regulus regulus) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The goldcrest is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers, as well as being called the "king of the birds" in European folklore, gives rise to its English and scientific names. The scientific name, R. regulus, means king or knight. Several subspecies are recognised across the very large distribution range that includes much of the Palearctic and the islands of Macaronesia and Iceland. Birds from the north and east of its breeding range migrate to winter further south. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Regulidae
Genus:
   Regulus
Scientific:
  Regulus regulus

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.188

Protonym:
  Motacilla Regulus

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727097

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  1C51C1095E427BB8

Avibase ID:
  avibase-1C51C109

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/1C51C109

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562698

Geographic range:

  • Regulus regulus [regulus or interni]: Europe to Asia Minor and w Siberia; winters to Mediterranean
  • Regulus regulus coatsi: W Siberia to Altai Mts.; winters to s Nan Shan Mts.
  • Regulus regulus buturlini: Crimea, Caucasus and Azerbaijan; winters to n Iran
  • Regulus regulus hyrcanus: E Turkey (Elburz Mts.) to n Iran (s Caspian District)
  • Regulus regulus tristis: Mts. of central Asia; winters to Transcaspia and w Iran
  • Regulus regulus sanctaemariae: Santa Maria I. (Azores)
  • Regulus regulus azoricus: São Miguel I. (Azores)
  • Regulus regulus inermis: W Azores (Flores, Faial, Pico, São Jorge and Terciera)
  • Regulus regulus himalayensis: Himalayas of Afghanistan to Pakistan and Nepal
  • Regulus regulus sikkimensis: Himalayas of Nepal to se Tibet and w China
  • Regulus regulus japonensis: Mts. of Manchuria to n and e China, Korea and Japan
  • Regulus regulus yunnanensis: Mts. of w China (s Gansu and Shaanxi to Sichuan and Yunnan)
  • Regulus teneriffae teneriffae: west central Canary Islands (La Gomera, Tenerife)
  • Regulus teneriffae ellenthalerae: western Canary Islands (La Palma and El Hierro)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Goldcrest or Canary Islands Kinglet
French:
Roitelet huppé ou R. de Ténériffe

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Goldcrest or Canary Islands Kinglet ( Regulus [regulus or teneriffae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Arabic: صعو أصفر العرف
Asturian: Reyín de Faya, Reyín nortiegu
Azerbaijani: Sarıbaş kralcıq
Belarusian: Жоўтагаловы каралёк
Bulgarian: Жълтоглаво кралче
Breton: An dreolan kabell aour, Dreolan kabell aour, Laouenan-gwenn
Catalan: Reietó, Reietó d'hivern, reietó eurasiàtic
Catalan (Balears): Reietó d'hivern
Czech: Králícek obecný, Králíček obecný
Welsh: Dryw aur, Dryw bach y coed, Dryw ben aur, Dryw ben felen, Dryw eurben
Danish: Fuglekonge
German: Wintergoldhaehnchen, Wintergoldhahnchen, Wintergoldhähnchen
Greek: Χρυσoβασιλίσκoς, Χρυσοβασιλίσκος
Greek (Cypriot): Βασιλογιαννούδι
English: Goldcrest, Goldcrest or Canary Islands Kinglet
English, HBW: Goldcrest
English (IOC): Goldcrest
English (United States): Goldcrest
Esperanto: orverta regolo
Spanish: Reyezuelo Sencillo
Spanish (Spain): Reyezuelo sencillo
Spanish (HBW): Reyezuelo sencillo
Estonian: Pöialpoiss
Basque: Mendi-erregetxo, Mendi-erregetxoa, Reietó
Persian: سسک تاج‌ طلایی, سسک تاج‌طلایی
Finnish: Hippiäinen
Faroese: Títlingskongur
French: Roitelet huppé, Roitelet huppé ou R. de Ténériffe
Frisian: Goudtúfke, Goudtûfke
Irish: Caipín dhearg, Cíobhuí, Cíorbhuí, Dreoilín ceannbhuí, Dreoilín easpoig
Gaelic: Crionag Bhuidhe
Galician: Estreliña do norte, Estreliña dos piñeiros, Reietó
Manx: Drean buigh, Ushag y Fuygh
Hebrew: מלכילון, מלכילון האורנים
Croatian: Zlatoglavi Kraljic, Zlatoglavi Kraljić
Hungarian: Sárgafeju királyka, Sárgafejû királyka, sárgafejű királyka
Armenian: [Deghnaglukh Arkayik ], Դեղնագլուխ Արքայիկ
Icelandic: Glókollur
Italian: Regolo, Regolo eurasiatico
Japanese (romaji): kikuitadaki, Kiku-itadaki, matsu-mushiri
Japanese: キクイタダキ, マツムシリ
Japanese (Kanji): 松毟り, 菊戴, 菊戴鳥
Georgian: ყვითელთავა ნარჩიტა, ყვითელთავა ღაბუაჩიტი
Khakas: Точлачах
Kazakh: Сарыбас шєже
Kazakh (Transliteration): sarı-bas şöje
Korean: 상모솔새
Korean (Transliteration): sangmo-sol-sae
Cornish: Owrgryben
Scientific: Motacilla Regulus, Regulus [regulus or teneriffae], Regulus regulus, Regulus regulus regulus
Luxembourgish: Dommendéck
Lithuanian: Nykštukas, Paprastasis nykštukas
Latvian: Zeltgalvītis
Macedonian: Жолтоглаво кралче
Mongolian: Өвөгт заржхин, Шар мэлзэн бялзуухай, Шар мэлзэн задуулай, Шар мэлзэн танан бялзуухай, Шармэлзэн задуулай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠰᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠮᠡᠯᠵᠡᠨ ᠣᠷᠠᠯᠳᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Шар мэлзэн уралдай
Mongolian (Transliteration): övögt zarjkhin, shar melzeŋ tanaŋ byalzuukhai, shar melzeŋ uraldai, shar-melzeŋ zaduulai
Maltese: Bufula tal-Qamar
Nepali: स्वर्णचूल फिस्टो
Dutch: Goudhaan, Goudhaantje
Norwegian Nynorsk: Fuglekonge
Norwegian: Fuglekonge, Furulus
Polish: Mysikrólik, mysikrólik (zwyczajny), Mysikrólik zwyczajny
Pinyin: dài-jú, dài-jú-niǎo, dài-jú-yīng
Portuguese: estrelinha, Estrelinha-de-poupa
Portuguese (Portugal): Estrelinha-de-poupa
Romansh: Retgottel d'enviern
Rhaeto-Romance: Retgottel d’enviern
Romanian: Aușel cu cap galben, Auşel cu cap galben
Russian: Желтоголовый королек, Желтоголовый королёк, Королек желтоголовый
Scots: Crionag bhuidhe
Northern Sami: Gollegahpir
Slovak: králiček zlatohlavý, králik zlat (ohlav) ý, králik zlat ý, Králik zlatohlavý, Králik zlatý
Slovenian: rumenoglavi kraljicek, Rumenoglavi kraljiček
Albanian: Mbretëthi, Mbretthi
Serbian: Kraljić, obican kraljic, običan kraljić, žutoglavi kraljic, Обичан кралјић, Обичан краљић
Swedish: Kungsfågel
Turkish: Çalıkuşu, çalykuşu, Сарыбас шөже
Tuvinian: Шиижекчигеш
Ukrainian: Жовтаголовий корольок, Жовточуба золотомушка, Золотомушка жовточуба
Chinese: [dai-ju], [dai-ju-niao], [dai-ju-ying], 戴 菊, 戴菊, 戴菊莺, 戴菊鳥
Chinese (Traditional): 戴菊, 戴菊鳥, 戴菊鶯
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 戴菊鳥
Chinese (Taiwan): [dai-ju-niao], 戴菊鳥, 戴菊鸟

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