Kinglets and Firecrests (Regulidae)
Flamecrest (Regulus goodfellowi) - HBW 11, p. 348
French: Roitelet de Taiwan
German: Taiwangoldhähnchen
Spanish: Reyezuelo de Formosa
Other common names: Taiwan/Formosan Kinglet/Firecrest
Taxonomy: Regulus goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, 1906, Mount Morrison, 9000-10,000 feet [c. 2750-3050 m], central Taiwan.
Relationships uncertain. Often treated as close relative of R. ignicapilla owing to similarities in head pattern and plumage coloration; zoogeographical factors, however, suggest that this species and R. regulus may be descended from a common ancestor with radiation presumably originating in E Asia. Monotypic.
Distribution: Taiwan.
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A male in a tree moving nervously and changing perch (then at 50% speed). Locality Taroko National Park, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 April 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 4.6 -
2012.3.10 Regulus goodfellowi/Taiwan Firecrest Locality Taiwan
kun chin chung 10 March 2012 1 year ago 1 min 16 sec 4.6 -
jumping inside the trees Locality Taichung County, Taiwan
Vicky Cheng 9 April 2012 1 year ago 1 min 30 sec 4.5 -
A female foraging in a conifer. Locality Taroko National Park, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 April 2011 1 year ago 17 sec 4.4 -
A female moving in a tree under rainy weather (then at 50% speed). Locality Taroko National Park, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 April 2011 1 year ago 25 sec 4.1 -
two very brief views of one moving through trees Locality Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area, Taichung County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 24 May 2009 3 years ago 6 sec 2.1
