Key Identification Features
- Both the Madeira firecrest and the common firecrest produce high-pitched vocalisations, but the Madeira firecrest's song is divided into three distinct parts.
- Both species have high-pitched fine calls described as zuu zu-zi-zi, though the Madeira firecrest also has a distinctive shrill wheeze and a whistled peep call.
- White feathers surrounding the black eye-patches create the appearance of two distinct black eyes.
- Its most defining feature is the orange-yellow crest on the top of the head, which gives the species its common name.
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