Ruby-crowned kinglet
Regulus calendula
Identification Tips:
- Very small, active bird that often flicks its wings
- Thin bill
- Broken eye ring
- Olive upperparts
- Pale olive underparts
- White wing bars
- Yellow edges to flight feathers and tail
- Male has red patch in center of crown (not always visible)
Similar species:
The Hutton's Vireo is very similar in plumage but has a thicker bill. The
Golden-crowned Kinglet is similar in size to the Ruby-crowned Kinglet but has
a white supercilium and yellow crown. Warblers are larger, don't flick their
wings and lack the broken eye ring.