Madeiracrest
Regulus madeirensis Harcourt, 1851
Status not recordedsongbirds
The madeiracrest (Regulus madeirensis) is a species in the family Regulidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 5.35 g to 5.8 g.
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Quick facts about the madeiracrest
- Weight
- 5.35 g – 5.8 g
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest
- Egg incubation
- 15 days
- Young per litter or clutch
- 8.5
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1.5
- Lifestyle
- Perching
- Migration
- Sedentary
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the madeiracrest live?
Not recorded
Is the madeiracrest 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 madeiracrest classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyRegulidae
- genusRegulus
- SpeciesRegulus madeirensis Harcourt, 1851
Synonyms Regulus ignicapilla madeirensis, Regulus madeirae, Regulus maderensis
Other names and names in other languages (38)
- Madeira firecrestEnglish
- Madeira kingletEnglish
- Madeiran kingletEnglish
- Clabelet de MadeiraAragonese
- Мадейранско кралчеBulgarian
- bruel de MadeiraCatalan
- králíček madeirskýCzech
- MaderiafuglekongeDanish
- MadeiragoldhähnchenGerman
- madejra regoloEsperanto
- Reyezuelo de MadeiraSpanish
- madeira pöialpoissEstonian
- madeiranhippiäinenFinnish
- Roitelet de MadèreFrench
- Lasairchíor maidéarachIrish
- Drean ailey MadeiraghManx
- מלכילון מדירהHebrew
- madeirski kraljićCroatian
- madeirai királykaHungarian
- Fiorrancino di MaderaItalian
- マデイラキクイタダキJapanese
- madeirinis nykštukasLithuanian
- Madeiras sārtgalvītisLatvian
- MadeiragoudhaanDutch
- zniczek maderskiPolish
- bis-bisPortuguese
- Мадейрский королёкRussian
- MadeiraloddegonagasNorthern Sami
- králik madeirskýSlovak
- Kraljić sa MadereSerbian
- madeirakungsfågelSwedish
- Madeira ÇalıkuşuTurkish
- золотомушка мадерійськаUkrainian
- 馬迪拉島戴菊Chinese
- Madeira FuglekongeDanish
- Fiorrancino di MadeiraItalian
- estrelinha-da-madeiraPortuguese
- 马德拉火冠戴菊Chinese
Relatives of the madeiracrest
Other species in the same genus Regulus.
Goldcrest
Regulus regulus
Common firecrest
Regulus ignicapilla
Golden crowned kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Flamecrest
Regulus goodfellowi
CompareMadeiracrest vs GoldcrestMadeiracrest vs Common firecrestMadeiracrest vs Golden crowned kingletMadeiracrest vs Flamecrest
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the madeiracrest?
An adult madeiracrest weighs 5.35 g – 5.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the madeiracrest?
The madeiracrest (Regulus madeirensis) 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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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
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
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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