Common Firecrest
Regulus ignicapilla(Temminck, CJ, 1820)
English (US) Common Firecrest
The Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) 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
- Regulus ignicapilla
- Family
- Regulidae (Kinglets)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Common Firecrest
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Regulus ignicapilla ignicapilla
- Regulus ignicapilla caucasicus
- Regulus ignicapilla tauricus
- Regulus ignicapilla balearicus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sylvia ignicapilla
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1820)
- Type locality
- France, Belgium, Germany, etc.
- Original description
- Manuel d'ornithologie, ou tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe (etc.), seconde édition ed.2, pt.1 p.231
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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