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Ruby-crowned kinglet (Regulus calendula). M.
One of North America's smallest songbirds, the Ruby-crowned Kinglet is recognized for constantly flicking its wings as it moves quickly through the forest searching for food. It breeds across North America in boreal and mixed wood forests and south in montane spruce-pine forests.
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet has a loud, complex song and, with up to 12 eggs, lays the largest clutch of any North American passerine for its size. Males and females are nearly identical in plumage -- olive green-gray on the upperparts with two strong white wing-bars and a broken, white eye-ring. The male has a scarlet crown patch, which is usually concealed unless agitated.
Ruby-crowned kinglet (Regulus calendula). M.
One of North America's smallest songbirds, the Ruby-crowned Kinglet is recognized for constantly flicking its wings as it moves quickly through the forest searching for food. It breeds across North America in boreal and mixed wood forests and south in montane spruce-pine forests.
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet has a loud, complex song and, with up to 12 eggs, lays the largest clutch of any North American passerine for its size. Males and females are nearly identical in plumage -- olive green-gray on the upperparts with two strong white wing-bars and a broken, white eye-ring. The male has a scarlet crown patch, which is usually concealed unless agitated.