Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A golden-crested bird of the genus Regulus. The common European species is R. cristatus; that of the United States is R. satrapa.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or Regulus regulus); -- called also
golden-crested wren , andgolden wren . The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See kinglet.
WordNet 3.0
- n. European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch
Examples
“The goldcrest is a 'boom and bust' species - after cold winters only a quarter of the autumn population may be left to breed, but numbers can rally with pairs sometimes rearing more than 15 chicks in the following spring and summer," said Dr Harrison.”
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“If you have never heard the lilting song of the linnet, spotted the distinctive plumage of a goldcrest, or waited for the whirring wings of a grey partridge, it is increasingly unlikely that you ever will.”
“Waterbirds such as the kingfisher suffered very high mortality rates when rivers and streams froze over, while small insect-eating species such as the treecreeper, goldcrest, wren and long-tailed tit died because of widespread "glazed frosts", a layer of ice over the branches of trees which covered up their food supply.”
The Guardian: Weatherwatch: 'War winter' took it's toll on Britain's birds
“•Our smallest bird, the goldcrest can be distinctly heard giving its very thin song at 0:12 and again at 1:02.”
The Guardian: Listen to the National Trust audio guide to Britain's bird species
“Others contributing to the soundtrack include the goldcrest, blackbird, thrush, chiffchaff, wren, mallard, coot and even the garden bully, the wood pigeon.”
The Guardian: Beat winter blues with birdsong, National Trust urges
“A goldcrest like a northern European hummingbird fluttered at a leaf edge, having made it this far on tiny wings and without a woodcock to ride on.”
“The fuse-wire-thin goldcrest calls, a single curtailed pink of a chaffinch, and my breath.”
“However, it is the smallest-bodied birds that suffer the most, and in our gardens that means, in particular, the coal tit, long-tailed tit, wren and goldcrest.”
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“However small birds such as the goldcrest, wren and even the more common blue tit may be spotted less as many will have suffered in the coldest December on record, although the few that are left are likely to be found in gardens.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“The goldcrest saw numbers plummet by three quarters.”
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
Lists
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Still More Bird Wirds
A work in progress....Birds from around the world (other than endemic to North America).
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Strictly for the Birds
Bird names and other bird-related words.
starling, eagle, sparrow, owl, coot, vulture, hawk, buzzard, duck, swan, chicken, turkey and 25 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for goldcrest.
chained_bear Whoa. That bird (both of them, actually) is cute as the dickens! Nov 5, 2007
reesetee Nice photo! Looks very much like its North American counterpart, the Golden-Crowned Kinglet. :-) Nov 5, 2007
sonofgroucho My Flickr friend Roger Butterfield tells me this is the smallest British bird. It's only 9 cm long. Here's Roger's picture of one. Nov 5, 2007