>> GENERAL >>>>>
– tiny passerine, smallest bird in the WP
– nocturnal migrant, short distance diurnal movements (‘Schleichzug’)
– migrates singly or in small, very loose flocks
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus
BIF0229, 24/10/2012, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
– tiny, olive-green with fairly short, notched tail
Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus, presumably F
BIF0268, 05/10/2014, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
– yellow crown with black lateral crown-stripes at times recognisable even in flight
Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus
BIF0269, 05/10/2014, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
– whitish wing bar
Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus
BIF0270, 05/10/2014, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus
BIF0271, 05/10/2014, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
– rather short and rounded wings
Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus, AD M
BIF3642, 04/04/2019, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Patrick Franke
– M by orange crown feathers lurking through the yellow top feathers
Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus, AD M
BIF3644, 04/04/2019, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Patrick Franke
Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus
BIF3643, 04/04/2019, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Patrick Franke
– at distance very stout and compact silhouette
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
– Goldcrests utter a lot of different calls during bird migration
– the multi-syllable ‘SeSeSeSe’ often is regarded as flight call
– but the normal flight call is the monosyllabic underslur ‘TSIP’.
– timbre not unlike Meadow Pipit, only softer and quieter
– the call is not very variable, but in large flocks variants are often heard (plastic calls by 1CY birds?)
– surprisingly different from the Firecrest by the shape and timbre
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Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus, flight & social calls during migration
BIF3641, 17/10/2020, Mertensdorf, Germany, Patrick Franke
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Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus, flight & social calls in flight
BIF3640, 26/01/2021, Kehrberg, Germany, Patrick Franke
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Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus, flight call
BIF3639, 10/02/2018, Mannhausen, Germany, Patrick Franke
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Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus, calls during migration
BIF3638, 10/10/2017, Kühlungsborn, Germany, Patrick Franke
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Goldcrest Regulus r. regulus, flight & social calls during migration
BIF0230, 11/10/2008, Greifswalder Oie, Germany, Patrick Franke
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Firecrest (a) (v)
Eurasian Blue Tit (a)
Great Tit (a)
European Crested Tit (a)
Coal Tit (a)
Eurasian Treecreeper (a)
Short-toad Treecreeper (a)
Eurasian Wren (v)