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Bulgaria
Greece
Common Firecrest
Regulus ignicapilla
(L 3.5" WS 5.1-6.3"
Wt 0.14-0.25 oz)
In the kinglet family, Regulidae
...throughout Europe extending
into west Asia and north Africa.
Pirin Mountains
Bulgaria
14May2015
From branch to branch, light firecrest.
Eager eyes drunk with wonder.
You conquered its variegated summit.
(Giuseppe Ungaretti)
© eBird
Regulus is Latin for little king or
prince; ignicappilla in Latin
means fire-capped or -headed.
© Aitor
Zabala
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