The São Miguel goldcrest (Regulus regulus azoricus), Estrelinha-de-poupa in Portuguese, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. One of several goldcrest insular subspecies in the North Atlantic archipelagos of Macaronesia, it is endemic to São Miguel in the Azores where it is a non-migratory resident.[1]
São Miguel 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. azoricus
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Trinomial name | |
Regulus regulus azoricus Seebohm, 1883
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