Common Firecrest
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Common Firecrest

Regulus ignicapilla

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Gauja National Park
4 Verified records at Gauja National Park
☀️ 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 →

Closest Relatives at Gauja National Park

Goldcrest
LC Endemic

Goldcrest

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Regulus regulus

10–20% · With luck
Great Tit
LC Endemic

Great Tit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Parus major

80–90% · Very likely
Hooded Crow

Hooded Crow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus cornix

80–90% · Very likely
Eurasian Magpie
LC

Eurasian Magpie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pica pica

70–80% · Very likely
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
LC

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Passer montanus

60–70% · Likely
Eurasian Blackbird
LC Endemic

Eurasian Blackbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turdus merula

50–60% · Likely
Common Raven
LC

Common Raven

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus corax

50–60% · Likely
Blue Tit
LC

Blue Tit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cyanistes caeruleus

50–60% · Likely
Common Chiffchaff
LC

Common Chiffchaff

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phylloscopus collybita

40–50% · Likely
European Greenfinch
LC

European Greenfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chloris chloris

40–50% · Likely
European Starling
LC Endemic

European Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sturnus vulgaris

40–50% · Likely
Chaffinch
LC

Chaffinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fringilla coelebs

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Common Firecrest at Gauja National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ 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
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