{"id":79780,"date":"2021-02-25T05:47:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T12:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=79780"},"modified":"2025-06-06T08:39:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T13:39:03","slug":"ruby-crowned-kinglet-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/02\/25\/ruby-crowned-kinglet-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby-crowned Kinglet Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult male Ruby-crowned Kinglet showing his crown \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the American Ornithological Society\u2019s North and Middle American Classification Committee<\/span><\/a> the genus for the Ruby-crowned Kinglet may change from Regulus<\/em> to the resurrected Corthylio<\/em> later this year. Or maybe it won’t. At this point I can’t be sure.<\/p>\n

Will the differences in their mtDNA, feet, and vocalizations be enough to assign these kinglets to a new genus? We will find out later in 2021.<\/p>\n

What I do know for sure is that I adore seeing, hearing<\/span><\/a>, and photographing Ruby-crowned Kinglets anytime I am blessed to have one in my viewfinder. These flitty, tiny birds are a challenge to take images of because they move so fast and hardly ever stay still. When I see Ruby-crowned Kinglets in the mountains, forests, and thickets in northern Utah there are times that I don’t have a chance to raise my lens before they disappear.<\/p>\n

When I photographed this male Ruby-crowned Kinglet a few years ago he was foraging in a sumac close to the edge of road in Box Elder County. These itty-bitty birds always<\/em> make me smile whether I take photos of them or not.<\/p>\n

It won’t matter to me or most of you if Ruby-crowned Kinglets are assigned a genus of their own but I do try to stay aware of the changes the AOS makes.\u00a0 It is simply a small part of loving birds and being passionate about them.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my Ruby-crowned Kinglet photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I photographed this male Ruby-crowned Kinglet a few years ago he was foraging in a sumac close to the edge of road in Box Elder County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,1148,6137,26],"tags":[4004,970,11034,6139,5080,4098,4620,5090,6153,6146,4062,5272,6138,7474],"class_list":["post-79780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-ruby-crowned-kinglets","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-autumn","tag-corthylio","tag-corthylio-calendula","tag-crown","tag-desert","tag-fall","tag-genus","tag-kinglet","tag-kinglets","tag-male","tag-new-genus","tag-ruby-crowned-kinglet","tag-seep"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t