What Does a Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Look Like?

Ruby-crowned Kinglets are olive-green birds with a prominent white eyering and white wingbar. This wingbar contrasts with an adjacent blackish bar in the wing. The “ruby crown” of the male is only occasionally visible. ... Ruby-crowned Kinglets breed in tall, dense conifer forests such as spruce, fir, and tamarack.

Is a Ruby-crowned Kinglet rare?

The song of the Ruby-crown is jumbled and loud, all out of proportion to the size of the bird. Populations rise and fall, with many apparently being killed during exceptionally harsh winters. Overall, however, species is widespread and common.

What does a kinglet nest look like?

The typical Ruby-crowned Kinglet nest is deep and is suspended from two hanging twigs. It is usually well hidden and protected from above by an overhanging branch. Moss, grass, lichen, bark strips, twigs, rootlets, needles, and spider webs comprise its outer walls, and feathers, plant down, and hair form a soft lining.