Western Azores goldcrest

The Western Azores goldcrest (Regulus regulus inermis), Estrelinha-de-poupa in Portuguese, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. It is endemic to the Azores archipelago, in the North Atlantic Ocean, where it is a non-migratory resident of the islands of Flores, Faial, Terceira, São Jorge and Pico.[2]

Western Azores goldcrest
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Regulidae
Genus: Regulus
Species:
Subspecies:
R. r. inermis
Trinomial name
Regulus regulus inermis

References

  1. Murphy, Robert Cushman; & Chapin, James P. (1929). A Collection of Birds from the Azores. American Museum Novitates 384: 1-23.
  2. Päckert, Martin; & Martens, Jochen. (2004). Song dialects on the Atlantic islands: goldcrests of the Azores (Regulus regulus azoricus, R. r. sanctae-mariae, R. r. inermis). Journal of Ornithology 145(1): 23-30.
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