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  Name Tenerife Goldcrest
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Passeriformes
  Familia Regulidae
  Genus '' Regulus ''
  Species '''''R teneriffae'''''
  Binomial ''Regulus teneriffae''
  Binomial Authority ( Seebohm , 1883)


The Tenerife Goldcrest ''Regulus teneriffae'' is a very small Passerine bird in the Kinglet family, closely resembling the Goldcrest but with a broader black band across the forehead, slightly darker underparts and a longer bill. It breeds in the western Canary Islands ( Tenerife , La Gomera , La Palma ), where it is a non-migratory resident. It prefers Canary Island Pine forests, but also occurs in Laurisilva forests.