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Wildlife
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
(Regulus satrapa) Y |
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RANGE: Breeds from southern Alaska to northern
Alberta, southern Quebec, and Newfoundland south in the coastal
and interior mountains to southern and eastern California,
southern Utah, south-central New Mexico, Mexico, Guatemala, and
east of the Rockies to southern Manitoba, north-central
Michigan, New York, eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina,
northern New Jersey, and southern Maine. Winters from
south-coastal Alaska and southern Canada south to northern Baja
California, through the breeding range to Guatemala, the Gulf
Coast, and central Florida.
STATUS: Common in parts of its range; has declined in western
regions.
HABITAT: Breeds primarily in dense coniferous forests,
especially where spruce is present. Winters in coniferous
forests and occasionally in deciduous woodland scrub and brush.
Strongest nesting habitat associations in (1) Wide range
of Douglas-fir forest types, (2) Wide range of western and
mountain hemlock forests, and (3) Subalpine fir-lodgepole pine
montane forest.
NEST: Builds a globular nest with entrance at the top, woven
into the twigs of a horizontal limb of a conifer.
FOOD: Forages over leaves, branches, and trunks, feeding almost
entirely on insects and their eggs (bark beetles, scale insects)
and especially plant lice. In summer, feeds mainly on flying
insects.
REFERENCES: Adamus et al. 2001, Bent 1949, DeGraff et al. 1980,
Forbush and May 1955, Miller 1999, Shunk 2004, Tate and Tate
1982, Terres 1980. |
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