regulidae
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Regulidae (KINGLETS) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET Regulus calendula GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET Regulus satrapa Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
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misc-passerines
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact This is a mixed gallery of Passerine birds of several families with relatively few shots compared to species that have their own galleries. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image. List of Species PASSERIFORMES (perching birds) click image to open photo gallery Ptiligonatidae (SILKY FLYCATCHERS) Eurylaimidae (BROADBILLS)
bushtit
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) is the only American member of the family Aegilathidae and lives in mixed open woodlands in the western North America from Vancouver to Guatemala. It often feeds in mixed foraging flocks with chickadees and warblers , and builds a penduline hanging nest. BUSHTIT (Psaltriparus minimus)
wrentit
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata) is found in coastal habitat along the west coast of North America from Oregon to Baja California in Mexico. There has been much uncertainty as to its relationships but is not closely related to a wren nor a tit. It has been currently placed in
verdin
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) is a Passerine bird which is the lone member of the family Remizidae in North America. Others species are in the Old World. The live in desert areas of the US southwest, and Mexico. VERDIN (Auriparus flaviceps) click image to open photo gallery VERDIN (Auriparus
ruby-crowned kinglet
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) is one of 2 small birds in the family Regulidae in the United States. While breeding in spruce-fir forests in Canada and in the northern and mountainous area of the US, it migrates in the fall to the southern US and Mexico. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET (Regulus
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golden-crowned kinglet
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) is in the family Regulidae of the Order Passeriformes. They breed in coniferous forests of parts of the US, Mexico and Canada. It is one of the smallest and the shortest of passerine birds. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET (Regulus satrapa) *gallery moved, click button below* GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET
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sittidae-links
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Sittidae (Nuthatches) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Pigmy Nuthatch Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
pigmy nuthatch
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Nuthatches are small birds in the family Sittidae that go down trees head first. The Pigmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) has a discontinuous range in the west from Mexico to Canada, usually in association with Conifers. The Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) is associated with pine forests in the southeastern US and
white-breasted nuthatch
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) is a member of the family Sittidae, within the Order Passeriformes. They go down trees head first, gleaning for insects and other arthropods. Seeds also play a large part in their diet and they readily come to bird feeders. When a threat, such as a
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