Listen to the common firecrest
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About the common firecrest
The common firecrest is a bird in the family Regulidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 14 cm.
What does the common firecrest sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The common firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla), also known as the firecrest, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. It breeds in most of temperate Europe and northwestern Africa, and is partially migratory, with birds from central Europe wintering to the south and west of their breeding range. Firecrests in the Balearic Islands and north Africa are widely recognised as a separate subspecies, but the population on Madeira, previously also treated as a subspecies, is now treated as a distinct species, the Madeira firecrest, Regulus madeirensis. A fossil ancestor of the firecrest has been identified from a single wing bone.
Related birds in the genus Regulus
Frequently asked questions
What does a common firecrest sound like?
You can hear 5 recordings of the common firecrest on this page, including its song and call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the common firecrest endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the common firecrest as “least concern”.
What family does the common firecrest belong to?
The common firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) belongs to the family Regulidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Serranía de Ronda (near Ronda), Málaga, Andalucía, Spain by Joost van Bruggen – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Béruges, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Quinçay, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Common firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) Singing in tetouan northern Morocco by عثمان . – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Béruges, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q27471 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Common firecrest – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Frank Vassen – CC BY 2.0