(n.) A small European kinglet (Regulus ignicapillus), having a bright red crest; -- called also fire-crested wren.
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Goldcrest
Definition:
(n.) The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or R. regulus); -- called also golden-crested wren, and golden wren. The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See Kinglet.
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(1) Above their noisy cries, I can just make out a tiny goldcrest delivering his jauntily rhythmic song by the church gate.
(2) Someone sought to convince me that cockpilot was an old Suffolk word for a goldcrest – I invoked Roger’s Profanisaurus , and requested more evidence.
(3) From Tring station there's a four- or a six-mile circular route through an area with lots of wildlife including red kites, goldcrests, lesser spotted woodpeckers and wild fallow deer.
(4) In summer 1988, two cases were diagnosed, in a house sparrow (Passer domesticus) and in a goldcrest (Regulus regulus), which led us to a description of this unusual parasitic disease, whose cycle still remains unknown, and to a review of the prior known appearances in Switzerland.