#0666 · 🐦 birds
Common Firecrest
🇳🇱 Vuurgoudhaan ·Regulus ignicapilla
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what is it?
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...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 237 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 15,091 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Can live up to 6 years.
- Scientifically named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1820 (206 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Firecrest
- Nederlands
- Vuurgoudhaan
- scientific name
- Regulus ignicapilla
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Regulidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 237
- sightings in Europe
- 11,605
- sightings worldwide
- 15,091
- GBIF records in NL
- 137,987
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- 6 years
- named
- 1820 by Coenraad Jacob Temminck
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Regulidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 117097, Wikidata Q27471, GBIF 6093527, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.