Golden-crowned kinglet Regulus satrapa

Identification Tips:

• Very small, active bird that often flicks its wings
• Thin bill
• Yellow crown surrounded by black
• White supercilium
• Black eyeline and whisker
• Grayish-olive upperparts
• Whitish underparts
• White wing bars
• Yellow edges to flight feathers and tail
• Male has orange patch in center of yellow crown

Similar species:

The Golden-crowned Kinglet is similar in size to the Ruby-crowned Kinglet but has a white supercilium and yellow crown. Warblers are larger and lack the distinctive face pattern.