Very small bird (about 9 cm or 3.5 in) with dorsal yellow-green plumage, orange breast and light belly. It features a light double band on a darker background on the wings. In the head it has a design of orange (or yellow in the female) lists, black eye band and a typical white eyebrow that make it unmistakable.
Woodland environment
Woodland species abundant in humid masses of medium mountain. Although the Common Firecrest also appears in deciduous forests, it prefers coniferous masses, usually occupying the tall branches and tree tops.
It is a resident bird all year round in Malaga. The province also hosts wintering individuals. It breeds from April. Nest in trees. One or two annual layings of 7 to 12 eggs. This bird is usually observed in constant movement, without stopping jumping from one branch to another. It is an insectivorous species specialized in capturing very small insects such as springtails and aphids.
It is widely distributed in the province. Easier to watch in the forest stands of the western sector. It can be observed, for example, in stages 5, 10, 11, 12, 22, 25, 26 and 28.
It is the smallest species of bird existing in the province. Its Latin name refers to this bird as a "little king with fire in the head". The story of the name of the Firecrest is reflected in one of the fables of the classical Greek writer Aesop.
- Altos de Hondonero
- Arroyo de la Ventilla
- Camino de la Fuenfría
- Cañada del Cuerno - Puerto de los Pilones
- El Cerro de Santi Petri
- El Chorro (Paraje Natural del Desfiladero de Los Gaitanes)
- Fuente de los 100 Caños
- Fuente del Acebuche
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 10. Riogordo - Alfarnate
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 11. Alfarnate - Villanueva del Rosario
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 12. Villanueva del Rosario - Archidona
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 22. Ardales - El Burgo
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 25. Estación de Benaoján - Jimera de Líbar
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 26. Jimera de Líbar - Benalauría
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 28. Genalguacil - Casares
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 30. Estepona - Marbella
- Llanos de Líbar
- Mirador de Gaitanejo
- Montes de Malaga Natural Park
- Quejigales - Puerto de Los Pilones
- Refugio de Juanar
- Río Guadalmina
- Tajos del Fraile, Doña Ana y Gómer
- Valley of Genal River
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