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firecrest

A small bird (Regulus ignicapillus) native to Europe, N Africa, and Madeira; head with orange stripe and white ‘eyebrows’; inhabits woodland or scrubland; eats insects; Europe's smallest breeding bird. (Family: Regulidae, sometimes placed in Silviidae.)

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Regulidae
Genus: Regulus
Species: R.

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