A very small warbler related to the goldcrest, having a red and orange crest and occurring mainly in Europe.
火冠戴菊
Regulus ignicapillus, family Sylviidae
Example sentencesExamples
Do firecrests only stay for winter in the south west or can they turn up any time?
Those boon migratory companions, the firecrest and the black redstart, provided considerable entertainment to local birders in 1994.
I was amazed to find not one but two Firecrests together just by the little gate.
Firecrests are tiny birds, the second smallest species in Europe.
He watches a rare firecrest dancing on the banks of the river Fal, witnesses the tumbling flight of evening swifts and reports that experts now believe that birdsong may be - in part at least - pure exuberance, as much spirit as function.
Definition of firecrest in US English:
firecrest
nounˈfaɪ(ə)rˌkrɛstˈfī(ə)rˌkrest
A small warbler having a red and orange crest and occurring mainly in Europe.
火冠戴菊
Regulus ignicapillus, family Sylviidae
Example sentencesExamples
Firecrests are tiny birds, the second smallest species in Europe.
I was amazed to find not one but two Firecrests together just by the little gate.
Those boon migratory companions, the firecrest and the black redstart, provided considerable entertainment to local birders in 1994.
Do firecrests only stay for winter in the south west or can they turn up any time?
He watches a rare firecrest dancing on the banks of the river Fal, witnesses the tumbling flight of evening swifts and reports that experts now believe that birdsong may be - in part at least - pure exuberance, as much spirit as function.