Least ConcernGoldcrest
Regulus regulus
47 countries210 parks
Species group · Birds
WAnimals has 2 species of kinglet, in the family Regulidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 48 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It is one of the smallest birds in Europe and yet, despite its tiny size, some populations migrate hundreds of kilometres, crossing even the North Sea.
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It is the smallest bird in Europe, at about six grams, and even so it breeds in forests where winter drops below minus twenty degrees: to survive the night it has to eat almost its own weight in insects every day.
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It lays up to eleven eggs in a clutch, one of the largest of any European passerine, in a hanging nest of moss and cobweb the size of a golf ball.
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One of the smallest birds in Europe, at 5 grams, with a white stripe over the eye.
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It weighs five grams: a quarter as much as a sparrow, and half its length.
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Its calls are so high-pitched that many people stop hearing them as they get older, which is why the bird goes unnoticed.
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