The Santa Maria goldcrest, Regulus regulus sanctaemariae, Estrelinha-de-poupa in Portuguese, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. It is endemic to Santa Maria Island in the Azores archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean where it is a non-migratory resident.[2]
| Santa Maria goldcrest | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Regulidae |
| Genus: | Regulus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | R. r. sanctaemariae
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| Trinomial name | |
| Regulus regulus sanctaemariae | |
References
edit- ^ Vaurie, Charles. (1954). Systematic notes on Palearctic birds. No. 8, Sylviinae, the genus Regulus. American Museum Novitates 1684.
- ^ Päckert, Martin; & Martens, Jochen. (2004). Song dialects on the Atlantic islands: goldcrests of the Azores (Regulus regulus azoricus, R. r. sanctae-mariae, R. r. inermis). Journal of Ornithology 145(1): 23-30.[1]
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