Rubén Barone
 ·  5 October 2018  14:42

Hi.

Very nice photo.

One question: are there three different subspecies of Goldcrest in the Azores, as exposed by Bannerman & Bannerman and other recent authors?

Justin Jansen
 ·  5 October 2018  16:29, gewijzigd 5 October 2018  16:29

Ruben look here: https://www.hbw.com/species/goldcrest-regulus-regulus

Rubén Barone
 ·  5 October 2018  19:34

Dear Justin,

Thanks for the link. OK, I can see that the taxonomy of the Azorean Goldcrests considered by Bannerman & Bannerman in their monograph on the birds of the Azores at the end of the 60s is the same accepted in recent years. 

Arnoud B van den Berg
 ·  6 October 2018  10:05, gewijzigd 6 October 2018  10:59

When considering Azores Kinglet Regulus azoricus, see reference in Dutch Birding 28: 26-29, 2006, to paper by Päckert & Martens (2004) on goldcrest songs in Journal für Ornithology 145: 23-30 ('Song dialects on the Atlantic islands: goldcrests of the Azores (Regulus regulus azoricus, R. r. sanctae-mariae, R. c. inermis').

Rubén Barone
 ·  6 October 2018  23:33

Hi again.

Thanks for your comments, Arnoud.

In the case of the Canary Islands, at this moment we consider Regulus teneriffae as a subspecies of R. regulus. On the other hand, there is another subspecies in the westernmost islands (El Hierro and La Palma), described some years ago: R. regulus ellenthalerae. 

Best regards. 

Jan Hein van Steenis
 ·  22 November 2020  18:20

Een Ruby-crowned Kinglet zat van 12-19 november op Barra, Schotland: