Western Canary Islands goldcrest
Appearance
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Western Canary Islands goldcrest | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Regulidae |
Genus: | Regulus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | R. r. ellenthalerae
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Trinomial name | |
Regulus regulus ellenthalerae Päckert et al., 2006
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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.[1]
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