Western Azores goldcrest
| Western Azores goldcrest | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Regulidae |
| Genus: | Regulus |
| Species: | R. regulus |
| Subspecies: | R. r. inermis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Regulus regulus inermis Murphy & Chapin, 1929[1] | |
The Western Azores goldcrest (Regulus regulus inermis), Estrelinha-de-poupa in Portuguese, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. It is endemic to the Azores archipelago, in the North Atlantic Ocean, where it is a non-migratory resident of the islands of Flores, Faial, Terceira, São Jorge and Pico.[2]
References
- ↑ Murphy, Robert Cushman; & Chapin, James P. (1929). A Collection of Birds from the Azores. American Museum Novitates 384: 1-23.
- ↑ Päckert, Martin; & Martens, Jochen. (2004). Song dialects on the Atlantic islands: goldcrests of the Azores (Regulus regulus azoricus, R. r. sanctae-mariae, R. r. inermis). Journal of Ornithology 145(1): 23-30.