Common Firecrest
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Common Firecrest

Regulus ignicapilla

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Fertő-Hanság National Park
16 Verified records at Fertő-Hanság National Park
October Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The common firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla), also known as the firecrest, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. It breeds in most of temperate Europe and northwestern Africa, and is partially migratory, with birds from central Europe wintering to the south and west of their breeding range. Firecrests in the Balearic Islands and north Africa are widely recognised as a separate subspecies, but the population on Madeira, previously also treated as a subspecies, is now treated as a distinct species, the Madeira firecrest, Regulus madeirensis. A fossil ancestor of the firecrest has been identified from a single wing bone. This kinglet is greenish above and has whitish underparts. It has two white wingbars, a black eye stripe and a white supercilium. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Firecrest sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Fertő-Hanság National Park

Goldcrest
LC Endemic

Goldcrest

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Regulus regulus

<5% · Rare
European Starling
LC Endemic

European Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sturnus vulgaris

70–80% · Very likely
White Wagtail
LC

White Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla alba

60–70% · Likely
Hooded Crow

Hooded Crow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus cornix

60–70% · Likely
Barn Swallow
LC

Barn Swallow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hirundo rustica

60–70% · Likely
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
LC

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Passer montanus

50–60% · Likely
Eurasian Goldfinch
LC

Eurasian Goldfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Carduelis carduelis

50–60% · Likely
Western Yellow Wagtail
LC

Western Yellow Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla flava

40–50% · Likely
Skylark
LC

Skylark

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Alauda arvensis

40–50% · Likely
Red-backed Shrike
LC

Red-backed Shrike

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lanius collurio

40–50% · Likely
Linnet
LC

Linnet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Linaria cannabina

40–50% · Likely
Rook
LC

Rook

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus frugilegus

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
5–10
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
30–40%
2 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
30–40%
3 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
30–40%
4 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
20–30%
5 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
20–30%
6 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
7 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
8 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
9 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
20–30%
10 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
10–20%
11 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
10–20%
12 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
10–20%
13 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
5–10%
14 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
5–10%
15 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
<5%
16 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
<5%
17 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
<5%
18 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
19 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
20 Gauja National Park 🇱🇻 Latvia
Insufficient data
21 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Common Firecrest in Fertő-Hanság National Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Common Firecrest sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Common Firecrest in Fertő-Hanság National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Common Firecrest in Fertő-Hanság National Park in our monthly data.

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