North Louisiana Wildlife
Golden-crowned kinglet perched on a branch

Did you know that golden-crowned kinglets can winter where the temperature drops below 40 degrees Fahrenheit?

Golden-Crowned Kinglets
at
a Glance

Golden-crowned kinglet perched on a branch

Key Features:

Golden-crowned kinglets are tiny olive birds with grey underparts, black and white stripes on their faces, and an orange patch on their heads. Females have a yellow patch on their heads. Immature golden-crowned kinglets do not have the head stripes and orange patch.

Least Concern - Population Increasing

Habitat:

Backyards, fields, forests, and parks

nesting habits:

Golden-crowned kinglets build nests in the tops of coniferous trees out of bark, cocoons, deer hair, feathers, insect parts, lichen, moss, spiderwebs, and twigs.

seasons golden-crowned kinglets are active in our area:

Winter

Diet:

Insects

hunting Behavior:

Golden-crowned kinglets forage in trees by hopping, hanging upside down, and hovering to glean.

Commonly Confused With:

Brown Creepers and Ruby-Crowned Kinglets

Ruby-crowned kinglet looking around curiously from its perch on a branch

Golden-crowned kinglets are often confused with ruby-crowned kinglets because both are tiny birds with gray and olive. Golden-crowned kinglets have black and white stripes on their faces. Male ruby-crowned kinglets have red on their heads. Female ruby-crowned kinglets do not have a patch on their heads.

Golden-crowned kinglet perched on a twig

Golden-crowned kinglets are often confused for brown creepers because they have very similar calls.  Golden-crowned kinglets have shorter calls.

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