Canary Islands golden chicken
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| Seebohm , 1883 |
The Golden Grouse ( Regulus teneriffae ) is a small songbird . Canary gold cockerel and winter gold cockerel ( Regulus regulus ) are also considered con-specific by some authors .
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It differs from the winter golden cockerel in the wider black stripe over the front head, the slightly darker underside and a longer beak. The Canary Golden Grouse lives as a resident bird on the western Canary Islands , such as Tenerife , La Gomera and La Palma . It prefers forests with Canary Islands pines , but is also found in laurel forests .
Web links
- Regulus regulus in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2006. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 31 of 2009.
- Avibase