Golden-crowned Kinglet

Indian Firecrest (Regulus satrapa )

The Indians Firecrest (Regulus satrapa ), also called satrap, is a 9 cm small American songbird.

Features

The adult bird is colored white on the top olive - gray and at the bottom and has white wing bars, black eye stripe and a schwarzumrandete yellow hood. The male has a central yellow hood an orange stain. In the female, the absence of this, however.

Distribution area

The Indian gold chicken breeds in coniferous forests in Canada, in the northeast and the western United States, in the highlands of Mexico and Guatemala. In the East and Midwest of North America, the distribution area of ​​the Indian gold chicken expands as it benefited from the planting of pines and spruces.

The northernmost populations migrate in the winter in the south, however, a large part of the population remains in the breeding area.

Way of life

The bird is looking at trees or bushes for spiders, insects and their eggs. The deep spring- cushioned shell nest hangs well camouflaged on a branch of a conifer. The nest consists of eight to nine eggs. The breeding season falls in the months of May and June.