Golden-crowned kinglets may be small but they’re tough. The core breeding range is a broad swath of boreal forest ranging from Newfoundland, Canada, to Alaska.

Golden-crowned kinglets are a mystery and a marvel of wintertime survival in the north woods. These grey and olive birds weigh only the mass of two pennies — just bigger than a Rufous Hummingbird.

Golden-crowned Kinglet Range and Habitat Golden-crowned kinglets prefer conifer forests, especially old growth areas, as well as along the northeastern mountains of the U.S. Ed says even though ...

Miraculously, the birds are back at the feeders, and flitting about the shrubbery is a tiny little bird with a golden crown. This is the golden-crowned kinglet, a hyperactive bird not much bigger ...

Golden-crowned kinglets have a very high-pitched “tsee” contact call throughout the year. This note is one of the first to go for birders experiencing some hearing loss as they age.

The golden-crowned kinglet is not really a common bird here, but nor is it a rare one. The Game and Fish Department’s checklist of North Dakota birds calls it “fairly common.” That is ...

There are two local species of kinglets, the ruby-crowned with an eye ring, and the golden crowned with a strong white line through the eye and a yellow or orange cap. No white line on this one.

Three related species of manakins occupy adjacent parcels of the Amazon rain forest: Opal-crowned, snow-capped and golden-crowned. They are all plump like sparrows, small enough to cup in a hand ...