Common Firecrest
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Common Firecrest

Regulus ignicapilla

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
20–30% · Possible
overall probability at Tatra National Park
153 Verified records at Tatra National Park
March 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 →

20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Firecrest sighting in Tatra National Park, based on 153 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Tatra National Park

Goldcrest
LC Endemic

Goldcrest

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Regulus regulus

40–50% · Likely
Chaffinch
LC

Chaffinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fringilla coelebs

80–90% · Very likely
Common Chiffchaff
LC

Common Chiffchaff

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phylloscopus collybita

70–80% · Very likely
European Robin
LC

European Robin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Erithacus rubecula

60–70% · Likely
Great Tit
LC Endemic

Great Tit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Parus major

60–70% · Likely
Eurasian Blackbird
LC Endemic

Eurasian Blackbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turdus merula

60–70% · Likely
Coal Tit
LC Endemic

Coal Tit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Periparus ater

60–70% · Likely
Black Redstart
LC

Black Redstart

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoenicurus ochruros

50–60% · Likely
Blackcap
LC

Blackcap

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sylvia atricapilla

50–60% · Likely
Eurasian Wren
LC Endemic

Eurasian Wren

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Troglodytes troglodytes

50–60% · Likely
Grey Wagtail
LC Endemic

Grey Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla cinerea

40–50% · Likely
Fieldfare
LC

Fieldfare

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turdus pilaris

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
20–30
Feb
40–50
Mar
30–40
Apr
30–40
May
40–50
Jun
20–30
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
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 Tatra National Park?

About 27% of wildlife watchers report a Common Firecrest sighting in Tatra National Park, based on 153 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Common Firecrest in Tatra National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Common Firecrest in Tatra National Park in our monthly data.

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