Flamecrest
Regulus goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, 1906
Status not recordedsongbirds
The flamecrest (Regulus goodfellowi) is a species in the family Regulidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 4.1 g.
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Quick facts about the flamecrest
- Weight
- 4.1 g
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perching
- Migration
- Partial
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the flamecrest live?
Not recorded
Is the flamecrest endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the flamecrest classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyRegulidae
- genusRegulus
- SpeciesRegulus goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, 1906
Other names and names in other languages (38)
- Taiwan firecrestEnglish
- Тайванско кралчеBulgarian
- Dreolan-FormozaBreton
- bruel de TaiwanCatalan
- králíček tchajwanskýCzech
- dryw penfflamgoch TaiwanWelsh
- Taiwan FuglekongeDanish
- TaiwangoldhähnchenGerman
- tajvana regoloEsperanto
- Reyezuelo de FormosaSpanish
- taivani pöialpoissEstonian
- taiwaninhippiäinenFinnish
- Roitelet de TaiwanFrench
- Lasairchíor téavánachIrish
- tajvanski kraljićCroatian
- tajvani tüzesfejű-királykaHungarian
- Regolo capoflammeoItalian
- ニイタカキクイタダキJapanese
- taivaninis nykštukasLithuanian
- TaiwangoudhaanDutch
- prydfuglekongeNorwegian
- mysikrólik płomiennyPolish
- estrelinha-da-formosaPortuguese
- Тайваньский королёкRussian
- králik pestrýSlovak
- taiwankungsfågelSwedish
- Tayvan ÇalıkuşuTurkish
- золотомушка тайванськаUkrainian
- 台湾戴菊Chinese
- FormosagoldhähnchenGerman
- Taiwan-GoldhähnchenGerman
- Reyezuelo de GoodfellowSpanish
- Roitelet de TaïwanFrench
- Fiorrancino di TaiwanItalian
- 火冠戴菊Chinese
- 火冠戴菊鳥Chinese
- 臺灣戴菊Chinese
- 臺灣戴菊〔火冠戴菊〕Chinese
Relatives of the flamecrest
Other species in the same genus Regulus.
Goldcrest
Regulus regulus
Common firecrest
Regulus ignicapilla
Golden crowned kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Madeiracrest
Regulus madeirensis
CompareFlamecrest vs GoldcrestFlamecrest vs Common firecrestFlamecrest vs Golden crowned kingletFlamecrest vs Madeiracrest
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the flamecrest?
An adult flamecrest weighs 4.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the flamecrest?
The flamecrest (Regulus goodfellowi) belongs to the family Regulidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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