kinglet

king·let

K0068600 (kĭng′lĭt)n.1. Any of several small grayish birds of the widely distributed genus Regulus, having a yellowish or reddish patch on the crown of the head.2. A king ruling a kingdom considered small or unimportant.

kinglet

(ˈkɪŋlɪt) n1. often derogatory the king of a small or insignificant territory2. (Animals) US and Canadian any of various small warblers of the genus Regulus, having a black-edged yellow crown: family Muscicapidae

king•let

(ˈkɪŋ lɪt)

n. 1. a king ruling over a small country or territory. 2. any of several very small songbirds of the genus Regulus, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a patch of bright color on the crown of the head. [1595–1605]

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kinglet - small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmicewarbler - a small active songbirdgenus Regulus, Regulus - a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kingletsgoldcrest, golden-crested kinglet, Regulus regulus - European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patchgold-crowned kinglet, Regulus satrata - American golden-crested kingletRegulus calendula, ruby-crowned kinglet, ruby-crowned wren - American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch

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kinglet

kinglet,

common name for members of a subfamily of five species of Old and New World warblers, similar to the thrushes and the Old World flycatchers. Kinglets are small birds (4 in./10 cm) with soft, fluffy, olive or grayish green plumage and bright crown patches. Their distribution is circumpolar in the conifer belt. The two American species, the ruby-crowned and golden-crowned kinglets, breed in Canada and winter in Mexico. Similar are the Old World goldcrest and the European firecrest. They are active, insectivorous birds, traveling in loose bands together with nuthatches, woodpeckers, creepers, and titmice. Their hanging nests are purse-shaped. In the same order as the kinglets are the gnatwrens of Central and South America and the gnatcatchers, both of the family Polioptilidae, found from the N United States to Argentina. These dainty, slender birds are colored in soft grays and have thin, pointed bills; they feed on small insects. The blue-gray gnatcatcher of the United States and Mexico is typical of the group. Kinglets are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Sylviidae.

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noun small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice

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