Regulidae

The family of the régulidés (or Regulidae ) belongs to the class of the Oiseau X and to the order of the Passériformes. She includes/understands the 6 species of kinglets belonging all to the kind Regulus .

Their surface of distribution covers the zones Néarctique (North America) and Paléarctique (of the Europe and the North Africa until in Siberia and to the Japan).

Systematic position

Formerly classified in the family of the sylviidés , the kinglets are now regarded as the only representatives of the family of régulidés.

Biology

With a length from 8 to 9 cm and a mass from 5 to 6 G, they are the smallest birds of Europe. They nourish Insectes, of Araignée S and eggs of insects. Their Nest suspended with a branch of conifers or shrub presents a higher opening often invisible, because very reduced. The incubation from 5 to 10 hard-boiled eggs 17 days. Only the female broods, but the two parents contribute to the breeding of the young people during three weeks.

Lists of the species

Kinglet with crown ruby - Regulus calendula (Linnaeus, 1766) - Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gold crest - Regulus regulus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Goldcrest
Kinglet of Tenerife - Regulus teneriffae Seebohm, 1883 - Canary Islands Kinglet
Kinglet of Taiwan - Regulus goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, 1906 - Flamecrest
Kinglet triple-stringcourse - Regulus ignicapillus (Temminck, 1820) - Firecrest
Kinglet with gilded crown - Regulus satrapa Lichtenstein, 1823 - Golden delicious-crowned Kinglet

Notice

Because of its small size, the nice Troglodyte is sometimes confused with the kinglets.

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