Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Male Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

NPS Photo / Rachel Ames

Size: 3.5-4.5”
Description: Olive-green overall with light yellow belly, a prominent white eye ring, and white and black wing bars. The male has an inconspicuous patch of ruby feathers on the crown.
Migratory Status: Late spring and summer residents of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Habitat: Breed in spruce-fir and other coniferous forests to 11,000 feet.
Diet: Eat mostly insects that they glean from the needles of coniferous trees.

 

• Ruby-crowned Kinglet (song)

  
  

  Ruby-crowned Kinglet song recorded at Mill Creek Basin in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  06/07/2017

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025

 

• Ruby-crowned Kinglet (song)

  
  

  Ruby-crowned Kinglet song recorded on the Fern Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  06/10/2015

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025

 

• Ruby-crowned Kinglet (song)

  
  

  Ruby-crowned Kinglet song recorded on the Cow Creek Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Note that the buzz of a hummingbird flying by can also be heard in the recording.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  06/22/2015

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025