| Group | Kinglets |
| Code | ABPBJ05010 |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Family | Regulidae |
| Author | Lichtenstein, 1823 |
| Rank | G5 (definitions) |
| Occurrence | SM (definitions) |
| Scale | C (definitions) |
| Western UP | all |
| Eastern UP | all |
| Northern LP | Grand Traverse, Emmet, Lake, Cheboygan, Charlevoix, Benzie, Alpena, Crawford, Wexford, Presque Isle, Otsego, Oscoda, Kalkaska, Newaygo, Montmorency, Mason, Iosco, Ogemaw, Alcona |
| Southern LP | Clinton, Berrien, Allegan, Muskegon, Ottawa, Lapeer, Kalamazoo |
Forested or Mixed Forested/Nonforested Landscapes
(Any Upland Conifer (Pole or Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
or (Any Upland Mixed (Pole or Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
or (Northern White Cedar (Pole or Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
or (Black Spruce (Pole or Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
or (Mixed Lowland Conifer (Pole or Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
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| Habitats | Regen | Sap | Pole | Sm Saw | Lg Saw | Uneven |
| Aspen | no | no | no | no | no | - |
| Paper Birch | no | no | no | no | no | - |
| Oak | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Assorted Hardwoods | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Northern Hardwoods | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Spruce/Fir | no | no | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Hemlock | no | no | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Jack Pine | no | no | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Red Pine | no | no | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| White Pine | no | no | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Conifer Plantations | no | no | YES | YES | YES | - |
| Mixed Upland Hardwoods | no | no | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Mixed Northern Hardwoods | no | no | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Mixed Upland Conifer | no | no | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Mixed Pine | no | no | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Swamp Hardwoods | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Balsam Poplar & Swamp Aspen & Swamp Birch | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Bottomland Hardwoods | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Tamarack | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Northern White Cedar | no | no | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Black Spruce | no | no | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Mixed Lowland Hardwoods | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Mixed Lowland Conifer | no | no | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Non-Forested | none | |||||
| Special Features | none |
Habitat: This bird breeds mainly in closed coniferous forests and wooded bogs. It is common in mature, second-growth stands of spruce, fir, cedar, hemlock, and occasionally pines. In Michigan, where boreal forest (mesic spruce-fir) is scarce, most records in the Atlas Habitat Survey were from wet conifer forest, mostly black spruce and tamarack-spruce. There were also substantial numbers of records from pine forests and plantations, dry mixed forest, and northern hardwood forests (mesic mixed forest).
Nests are found from 2 to 20 m from the ground, in branches near the trunk.
Walkinshaw mentioned oak woodlots and recent pine plantations as winter habitat in Calhoun Co.
Habitat: Breeding: Mainly in dense, northern coniferous forests of spruce but nests in pine, fir, hemlock, and tamarack woods and cedar bogs. Evergreen plantations (minimum dbh 6 inches and dense closed canopies) in central and western New York provide suitable habitat. Wintering: Moist coniferous, mixed, or deciduous forests, thickets and low tangles of weedy growth.
Habitat: Mostly conifers; in winter, sometimes other trees. Breeds in dense coniferous forest, especially spruce, fir, and hemlock, less often in Douglas-fir or pines. In migration and winter may be found in deciduous trees, but tends to seek out conifers even then, including pine groves, and exotic conifers planted in cemeteries and parks.
Diet: Mostly insects. Feeds on a wide variety of tiny insects, including small beetles, gnats, caterpillars, scale insects, aphids. Also eats spiders. Diet includes many eggs of insects and spiders. Will feed on oozing sap; rarely feeds on fruit.
Nest: Placed in spruce or other conifer, 6-60 feet up but usually high, averaging about 50 feet from the ground. Nest is attached to hanging twigs below a horizontal branch, close to trunk, well protected by foliage above. Female builds deep hanging cup of moss, lichens, bark strips, spider webs, twigs, leaves, lined with feathers, plant down, rootlets, other soft materials.