kinglet
1
8.4
- noun
- /ˈkɪŋlɪt/
:
reyezuelo
- The kinglet, with a noise of chopped-up screams, swooped down and caught an orange sulfur in its mouth and flew to the top of a pine to eat.
Examples
-
The tiny kinglet sang a cheerful melody that brightened our morning hike.
-
Overhead, a kinglet darted for bugs.
Fiction book (1999) -
Yesterday, we saw a Golden-crowned Kinglet.
Blog text (12) -
Audubon shot an unusual red-crowned kinglet at his father-in-law's farm on the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania in 1812.
Blog text (32) -
As these bird species have decreased at Gaudineer, the golden-crowned kinglet (not a Neotropical migrant) has increased in numbers, perhaps moving into niches vacated by the declining warblers.
Academic text (1990) -
While birdwatching in the forest, I spotted a kinglet flitting among the branches.
-
At the edge of the garden, a kinglet perched on a twig, its bright crown gleaming in the sunlight.
Synonyms
1
8.8
A small North American songbird with a red patch on the male's head
A very small North American bird whose male has a red patch on the top of the head and sings
A very small North American bird with a bright golden crown on its head
A very small European bird with a bright yellow crown patch edged in black
Compounds
A very small European bird with a bright yellow crown patch edged in black
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Kinglet comes from king and the small ending -let, so it means 'little king'. The bird's bright, crown-like patch on its head looks like a tiny crown, so the name helps you remember it as a 'little king' among songbirds.