>> 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 >>>>>
not yet photographed
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
– Firecrests 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 a monosyllabic W-shaped ‘TSETT’.
– timbre not unlike Willow and Marsh Tit, only softer and quieter
– the call is slightly variable
– shape and timbre surprisingly different from Goldcrest
Firecrest Regulus i. ignicapilla, flight call
BIF3633, 06/01/2018, Profen, Germany, Patrick Franke
Firecrest Regulus i. ignicapilla, flight call
BIF3634, 03/03/2017, Leipzig, Germany, Patrick Franke
Firecrest Regulus i. ignicapilla, flight call
BIF3635, 04/02/2018, Zichtau, Germany, Patrick Franke
Firecrest Regulus i. ignicapilla, flight call
BIF3636, 04/02/2018, Zichtau, Germany, Patrick Franke
Firecrest Regulus i. ignicapilla, flight call
BIF3637, 15/03/2017, Germany, Roland Neumann
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Goldcrest (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)
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