Family Regulidae Genus Kinglet Order Passerine | Class Aves Phylum Chordata Rank Subspecies | |
Similar Kinglet, Passerine, Tenerife goldcrest, São Miguel goldcrest, Goldcrest | ||
The Western Canary Islands goldcrest, Regulus regulus ellenthalerae, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. It is restricted to the western Canary Islands of La Palma and El Hierro where it is a non-migratory resident.
Previously thought to be the same taxon as the Tenerife Goldcrest Regulus regulus teneriffae, it was separated as a distinct subspecies of the goldcrest which apparently evolved from an independent colonisation of the islands 1.3–1.8 million years ago.
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