Ruby-crowned kinglet (Corthylio calendula).
The kinglet that hides its crest (most of the time).
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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:
- Ruby-crowned kinglet song by Matthew D. Medler (ML508543)
- Ruby-crowned kinglet "jeedeet" call by Gerrit Vyn (ML508564)
- Ruby-crowned kinglet second call by Wil Hershberger (ML508556)
- Golden-crowned kinglet song by William W. H. Gunn (ML508539)
Sources and more:
- https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet
- https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/ruby-crowned-kinglet
- Dobson C, Kassenbaum D, Oehmke D, et al. 2023. Field guide to hotspots and birds in Illinois. Champaign-Urbana: Scissortail LLC.
- National Audubon Society videoguide to the birds of North America. 2004. Fullscreen. Carrboro, NC: Godfrey-Stadin Productions.
- Peterson RT, Peterson VM. 1980. A field guide to the birds : a completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America. Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company (The Peterson field guide series ; 1).
- Sibley D. 2016. Sibley birds East : field guide to birds of eastern North America. Second edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf (Field guide to birds of eastern North America).
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