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Regulus regulus · Family Regulidae

Regulus regulus

Family Regulidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Regulidae
GBIF occurrence records
3,998,714
Countries and territories with records
91
Goldcrest
Missy Osborn from New Forest, England · Regulus regulus -Marwell Wildlife, Hampshire, England-8.jpg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Missy Osborn from New Forest, England · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.
Play song · Hannu Varkki · Regulus_regulus_-_Goldcrest_XC501794.mp3 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hannu Varkki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.

About this species

This species has 3,998,714 occurrence records from 91 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (33.6%), Finland (13.8%), the United Kingdom (9.6%), Poland (7.9%) and the Netherlands (6.8%); together they account for 71.7% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 1.3% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Regulus regulus combines the genus name Regulus with the species epithet regulus. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Regulus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Regulus satrapa, Regulus ignicapilla and Regulus goodfellowi.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 6 species of the family Regulidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Corthylio calendula. Its record count is 1.5 times the family average (2,695,471). The family Regulidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Regulidae

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