Species in Focus: Ruby-crowned Kinglet
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet has a lengthy and fascinating song for such a tiny songbird.
This little grey bird starts off with soft high notes, then break into a musical twittering, and concludes with a loud series of phrases.
It’s an enchanting song, and a loud one for such a tiny bird.
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet breeds throughout most of Canada and much of the interior western United States.
For this species in focus episode I’ll be sharing my recordings of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet from the Barrier Lake Forestry Trails, and the Sibbald Flats.
Credits
Songbirding: Kananaskis Country is a Songbirding Studios production.
Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.
The Songbirding cover art (Townsend's Warbler) is by Lauren Helton: https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/projects/5344062
Creative Commons music is from Bluedot Sessions.
Creators and Guests
Host
Rob Porter
Rob is a software engineer and naturalist in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is the winner of the 2025 Betty Blashill Environmental Prize, and started the Songbirding podcast in 2019.
