Summer residents of boreal and more temperate montane forests, the ruby-crowned kinglet and golden-crowned kinglet share many similarities.

The male ruby-crowned kinglet may display his red “crown” when agitated or trying to impress a female.

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The ruby-crowned kinglet males have a crown of red feathers that are usually obscured by gray feathers. The crown of both male and female golden-crowned kinglets has a couple of black stripes ...

Ruby-crowned kinglets, which make a similar passage in the fall, will transit through the region again in the spring as they make their way north to breeding grounds in spruce-fir forests in the ...

The female does not have a red crown. (In case the tiny bird you spot has a golden crown, then the bird is the very similar golden-crowned kinglet; however, the ruby-crowned kinglet is more common.

The golden-crowned kinglet is only a tad larger than Georgia’s tiniest bird, the ruby-throated hummingbird. In winter, however, the hummingbird is absent from the state, which leaves the golden ...

Ruby crowned kinglets nest only once each season, but females lay up to 11 eggs — the largest clutch size of any North American bird — to compensate.

“One female ruby-crowned kinglet was banded on March 20, 2024, at 9 a.m. and recaptured in the same net at the same time on Nov. 20, 2024.” ...

The ruby-crowned species is with us in Western North Carolina from October into early April, when they are usually encountered as solitary individuals. Golden crowned kinglets ...