Golden-crowned Kinglet Range Map

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Migration

Resident to medium-distance migrant. Golden-crowned Kinglets in the Appalachians and mountainous West tend to stay in one place year-round, while birds that breed across Canada move south to spend winters across the U.S. Banding records suggest that kinglets head due south when they migrate, but other details of their migration are unclear.

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Kinglets(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Regulidae)

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