Madeira Firecrest (Regulus madeirensis)
About the Madeira Firecrest
The Madeira firecrest, Madeira kinglet, or Madeiracrest (Regulus madeirensis) is a very small passerine bird endemic to the island of Madeira. It is a member of the kinglet family. Before it was recognised as a separate species in 2003, it was classified as a subspecies of the common firecrest. It differs in appearance and vocalisations from its relative, and genetic analysis has confirmed it as a different species. The Madeiran bird has green upperparts, whitish underparts and two white wingbars, and a distinctive head pattern with a black eye stripe, short white supercilium, and a crest that is mainly orange in the male and yellow in the female.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 76 recordings for this species: 60 CC BY-NC-SA · 16 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Portugal in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapillarecording
- GoldcrestRegulus regulusrecording
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satraparecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.