Red Indian Gold Chicken

Red Indian Gold Chicken
Red Indian Gold Chicken ( Regulus satrapa )
Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes) Subordination : Songbirds (passeri) without rank: Passerida Family : Regulidae Genre : Golden cockerel ( regulus ) Type : Red Indian Gold Chicken
Scientific name
Regulus satrapa
Lichtenstein , 1823

male

The Red Indian Gold Grouse ( Regulus satrapa ), also called Satrap , is a 9 cm small American songbird .

features

The adult bird is olive-gray on the upper side and white on the underside and has white wing bands, black eye stripes and a black-rimmed yellow hood. The male has an orange spot in the middle of the yellow cap . In the female, however, this is missing.

Distribution area

The red-horned red partridge breeds in coniferous forests in Canada , the northeast and western United States , in the highlands of Mexico and Guatemala . In the east and mid-west of North America, the distribution area of ​​the red Indian gold cockerel is expanding as it benefits from the planting of pines and spruce trees.

The northernmost populations move south in winter, but a large part of the population remains in the breeding area.

Way of life

The bird looks for spiders , insects and their eggs in trees or undergrowth . The deep, spring-padded shell nest hangs well camouflaged on the branch of a conifer. The clutch consists of eight to nine eggs. The breeding season falls in May and June.

literature

• Jonathan Alderfer (Ed.): Complete Birds of North America , National Geographic, Washington DC 2006, ISBN 0-7922-4175-4

Web links

Commons : Red Indian Gold Chicken ( Regulus satrapa )  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Regulus satrapa in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2004. Retrieved on January 25 of 2009.
• Videos, photos and sound recordings of Regulus satrapa in the Internet Bird Collection

Single receipts

1. ↑ Alderfer, p. 465