Traits: Tiny bird with short, thin bill and short tail; males have flame-colored crowns.

Habitat: Mature and old-growth forests; ruby-crowned kinglets prefer mixed forests. Golden-crowned kinglets mainly use mature coastal forests.

Foods: Insects that live on the leaves of trees and tall shrubs (true bugs, moth and butterfly larvae, aphids, ants, beetles, spiders)

Eaten by: Merlins, sharp-shinned hawks, small owls

Do You Know? Despite being one of the smallest birds, the ruby-crowned kinglet has a song that is one of the loudest.