Tenerife goldcrest
The Tenerife goldcrest is a subspecies of the goldcrest. It closely resembles the continental subspecies, but has a broader black band across the forehead, slightly darker underparts and a longer bill. It breeds in the Canary Islands of Tenerife and La Gomera, where it is a non-migratory resident. It prefers Canary Island Pine forests, but also occurs in laurisilva forests. It is sometimes considered a species in its own right, as Regulus teneriffae.
The populations on La Palma and El Hierro, previously thought to belong to this taxon, are now recognised as, at least, a distinct subspecies, the Western Canary Islands goldcrest R. r. ellenthalerae, which evolved from an independent colonisation of the islands.