Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Scotland
The Bullfinch is a chunky finch that looks as though it hasn't got a neck. Its colouring is distinctive.
Bullfinch
When did you last see a bullfinch? Long gone are the days when parties of half a dozen brilliantly coloured males regularly visited our garden here at Thorpe.
Bullfinch
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see finch.
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Finch - common name for members of the Fringillidae, the largest family of birds found in most parts of the world except Australia.
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Bullfinches are in serious trouble in Britain, with the population down by 62 per cent in 35 years.
Azores Bullfinch
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Bullfinches usually feed on insects, berries, seeds (e.g. dock, nettle, bramble, ash, birch, honesty), and buds - its liking for the latter has made enemies of some gardeners and fruit growers.
Barbados Bullfinch Loxigilla barbadensis
Described by: Cory (1886)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Bullfinch aka Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Found: Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1, 2) Arto Hakola 3) Vishnevskiy Vasily 4) Vladimir Chernyanskiy
Bullfinch, Grey-headed Pyrrhula erythaca Found: Asia
Photographed by: Rickshu ...
Bullfinch
The male is unmistakable with his bright pinkish-red breast and cheeks, grey back, black cap and tail, and bright white rump. The flash of the rump in flight and the sad call note are usually the firs... More...
Chaffinch ...
Bullfinches
Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla, formerly Lonchura malacca atricapilla)
Common Crossbills aka Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra) ...
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene)
Grandidier's baobab (Adansonia grandidieri)
Bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)
Black-chinned laughingthrush (Strophocincla cachinnans) ...
Of the Bullfinches the best known is the familiar bird (Pyrrhula 1 About 200 species of these have been described, and perhaps 150 may really exist.
CRIMSON-NECKED BULLFINCH, Pyrrhula frontalis, Bonap. Amer. Orn., vol. i. pl. 1.
CRIMSON-FRONTED BULLFINCH, Pyrrhula frontalis, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 534.
CRIMSON-NECKED FINCH, Pyrrhula frontalis, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 230.
Greater Antillean Bullfinch
As one might expect, I was more interested in species I hadn't yet seen. This was my last Jamaican birding blast but there were still too many birds that had thus far eluded my gaze.
Other finches that appear in our garden are the Bullfinch, the Brambling, the Goldfinch and the Linnet. Alas, we do not have pictures of these species available at the moment
1.5 Warblers (Sylviidae) ...
European or Northern Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Estrildidae: Grass/Parrot
Golden-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava ...
When approached, a pair will fly up to a high watch post, erect their crests, and sound a loud alarm. The name Pyrrhuloxia comes from Latin and Greek words meaning "bullfinch with a crooked bill.
Genus Pinicola - Pine grosbeaks
Genus Haematospiza - Scarlet Finch
Genus Pyrrhula - Bullfinches
Genus Coccothraustes - Hawfinch, Evening Grosbeak
Genus Eophona - Oriental grosbeaks
Genus Pyrrhoplectes - Gold-naped Finch ...
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti
Species Accounts produced in 2009
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
- Azores bullfinch Pyrrhula murina ...
Pyrrhula pyrrhula - Bullfinch (photo)
Coccothraustes
Coccothraustes coccothraustes - Hawfinch
Coccothraustes vespertinus - Evening Grosbeak (photo)
Passeridae - Sparrows
Passer
Passer domesticus - House Sparrow ...
 See also: Finch, Sparrow, Chaffinch, Warbler, Purple
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