Regulus goodfellowi
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The flamecrest (Regulus goodfellowi), also known as the Taiwan firecrest, is a species of bird in the kinglet family Regulidae. It is endemic to the mountains of Taiwan. The flamecrest is a small perching bird, resembling a warbler. Its length is only 9 cm (3.5 in) and weight about 7 g, making it the smallest of all Taiwan's endemic bird species, and the smallest and most colourful member of its family in the world.
The top of its head is yellow and orange, with black crown stripes. White feathers encircling the black eye-patches give it the appearance of having two black eyes. The most distinguishing characteristic is the orange-yellow crest on top of the head, for which it is named. Females have the crown stripe pure yellow while males have an orange centre to it. When excited the male erects the crest. The supercilium is very broad and the lores and forehead are whitish. There is a narrow short black malar stripe. The chin is whitish and the throat, ear-coverts and sides of neck are grey. The mantle is green while the rump and flanks are yellow. The centre of the belly is buff. The wings have broad white covert tips forming a wing bar. The tarsi are pinkish. They... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Flamecrest sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 979 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 147 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Flamecrest in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, the lowest month.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flamecrest sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Taroko National Park, in our data
Taroko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Flamecrest sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Flamecrest that you can see in Taroko National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Large-billed Crow (about 70%), Taiwan Yuhina (about 70%) and White-eared Sibia (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flamecrest is recorded against all the birds logged in Taroko National Park (979 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
