Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendula(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Ruby-crowned Kinglet
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Regulidae (Kinglets) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Corthylio calendula
- Family
- Regulidae (Kinglets)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Corthylio calendula grinnelli
- Corthylio calendula calendula
- Corthylio calendula obscurus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Motacilla Calendula
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- in Pennsylvania = Philadelphia, fide Amer. Ornith. Union, 1983, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 6, p. 541.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.337
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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