Chaffinch
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CHAFFINCH (Fringilla coelebs), the common English name of a bird belonging to the family Fringillidae (see Finch), and distinguished, in the male sex, by the deep greyish blue of its crown feathers, ...
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Edinburgh, Scotland
The tragedy of the Chaffinch is that it is so common. Were it a rarity, we would probably get ecstatic about the male's pink face and underparts contrasting with its grey crown and brown back.
Chaffinch
For most people, a familiar and attractive garden bird. The male with his smart blue-grey and rusty-pink plumage is easily identified, and although females are duller, and can be mistaken for sparrows at first glance, ...
Chaffinch
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Chaffinch
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
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.
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Common Chaffinch, European Chaffinch
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Chaffinch
Common Chaffinch
Male
Pink underparts, grey crown, and two white wing bars.
Chaffinches are one of the most common birds in Britain, with almost six million breeding pairs. During winter, chaffinches from northern Europe migrate to Britain.
The chaffinch, according to Oliver, was introduced into New Zealand as early as 1862 and liberated near Nelson.
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Found: Europe, Africa, New Zealand (introduced)
Photographed by: 1, 2, 4) DIck Daniels in Scotland 5) Dick in New Zealand 3) Maslov Dmitry 6) Avalon Imaging
1 - 3) Male 4 - 6) Female ...
Chaffinch
The chaffinch is the UK's second commonest breeding bird, and is arguably the most colourful of the UK's finches. Its patterned plumage helps it to blend in when feeding on the ground and it becomes ... More...
Crossbill ...
Chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs)
Club-winged Manakins (Machaeropterus deliciosus)
Common Redpolls ...
The Chaffinch: (Fringilla coelebs),
is a small passerine bird in the finch
family Fringillidae.
Chaffinchs also collect food from trees and shrubs in the spring and summer when they eat alot of caterpillars. They like to feed these to their young. They feed their young on seed paste.
Eeven the Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) loves to sing from a high position. To the right a young male, not fully coloured yet.
- Blue chaffinch Fringilla teydea
- Bonelli’s eagle Aquila fasciata
- Cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus
- Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus
- Dark-tailed laurel pigeon Columba bollii
- Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca ...
The family scientific name Fringillidae comes from the Latin word "fringilla", meaning chaffinch, a member of this family that is common in Europe.
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Blue tit (Parus caeruleus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Eurasian treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) ...
Black-crowned Night-Heron Eating a Fish
Mystery Bird Revealed: Chaffinch in Massachusetts
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White-breasted Nuthatches
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica ...
A tawny owl spends the day roosting on the branch of a tree and is often mobbed noisily by small birds such as chaffinches, house sparrows, blue tits and blackbirds, though they seldom manage to disturb the dozing owl! ...
Fyffe I stopped at the Lavender Farm and birded around the garden: Spur-winged Plover, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Chaffinch, Pukeo (Purple Swamphen), Silvereyes,Tomtit, Dunnock.
On a farm fence I had flock of Redpolls.
A similar alteration is observed to take place in Painted Finches which have been kept in cages for a certain period, as well as in the Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, and in the Bulfinch, Chaffinch, and other European birds.
Fringilla coelebs - Chaffinch (photo)
Fringilla montifringilla - Brambling
Serinus
Serinus serinus - European Serin (photo)
Carduelis
Carduelis chloris - Greenfinch
Carduelis spinus - Siskin
Carduelis flammea - Redpoll ...
 See also: Finch, Brambling, Flamingo, Sparrow, Warbler
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