Tenerife goldcrest Canary Islands goldcrest "R. (r.) ellenthalerae" (Päckert "et al.", 2006), which evolved from an independent colonisation of the islands. Tenerife goldcrest The Tenerife goldcrest, "Regulus regulus teneriffae", (sometimes considered a separate species, "R. 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 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. The populations on La Palma and El
Lanzarote include Chinese people, Ecuadorians, and Indians, which constitute a large proportion of the remaining 15.6% of the population. The island has an international airport, Arrecife Airport, through which 5,438,178 passengers travelled in 2008. Tourism has been the mainstay of the island's economy for over 40 years, the only other industry being agriculture. Lanzarote is part of the province of Las Palmas, and is divided into seven municipalities: There are five hundred different kinds of plants on the island, of which 17 species are endemic. These plants have adapted to the relative scarcity of water in the same way as succulents.