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Encyclopedia > Taiwan Firecrest
Taiwan Firecrest

Taiwan Firecrest
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Regulidae
Genus: Regulus
Species: goodfellowi
Binomial name
Regulus goodfellowi
Ogilvie-Grant, 1906

The Taiwan Firecrest, also Taiwan Flamecrest, is a species of bird that is endemic to Taiwan. It usually inhabits evergreen trees in coniferous forests in cold areas at elevations of more than 2,000m.


The top of its head is yellow and orange, with black crown stripes.


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Taiwan Did You Mean taiwan? (4075 words)
The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa (Portuguese sailors called it Ilha Formosa, which means "beautiful island"), is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean, to the south by the South China Sea, to the west by the Taiwan Strait and to the north by the East China Sea.
Taiwan's two largest cities, Taipei City and Kaohsiung City, although on the island of Taiwan, are not part of Taiwan Province but are centrally-administered municipalities, with the same level as provinces.
Taiwan's mainstream culture is primarily derived from traditional Chinese culture, with significant influences also from Japanese and American cultures, especially in the areas of politics and architecture.
Taiwan Firecrest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (376 words)
The Taiwan Firecrest is a small-bodied perching bird, resembling a warbler.
The Taiwan Firecrest is primarily an insectivore and these birds are often seen nibbling on insects and their larvae on the branches and leaf sheathes of trees in coniferous forests, hovering and gleaning from leaf to stem.
Firecrests are very picky as to which type of tree to perch on and search for food, and usually prefer conifers (evergreens).
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