Hawfinch
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HAWFINCH, a bird so called from the belief that the fruit of the hawthorn (Crataegus Oxyacantha) forms its chief food, the Loxia coccothraustes of Linnaeus, ...
Hawfinch
Collins 'New Naturalist' volumes have accumulated through the post-war years to provide an invaluable library. Earlier issues have become collector's items among them 'The Hawfinch' by Guy Mountford published in 1957.
Hawfinch
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Hawfinch
Both Sexes
Stocky bird with rusty-brown plumage and large conical bill.
Coccothraustes coccothraustes ...
Hawfinches are now mostly restricted to England in the UK, and have declined in many areas. Parts of western England near the Welsh Borders, the Home Counties and the south-east from Hampshire to Kent remain the most likely places to find them.
Hawfinch aka European Grosbeak Coccothraustes coccothraustes Found: Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1, 3) Janos Nemeth 2) Anita Huszti 4) Pat Teravagimov
Genus Pyrrhula Closely related to Pinicola ...
Hawfinches (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Hispaniolan Crossbills (Loxia megaplaga)
Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni) ...
Yellow-billed Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
Described by: Hartert (1903)
Alternate common name(s): Black-tailed Hawfinch, Black-tailed Grosbeak, Black-headed Grosbeak
Old scientific name(s): Coccothraustes migratorius, Eophona melanura ...
Primarily small birds - thrushes, warblers and flycatchers; also birds approaching their own size - woodpeckers, song Thrushes or hawfinch; often small mammals - voles, mice and shrews; occasionally small lizards, bats, fish, and insects.
Notes ...
The eastern, or evening, grosbeak is metallic yellow with black and white wings and tail. The common European grosbeak is the hawfinch.
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 ...
 See also: Finch, Grosbeak, Sparrow, Swallow, Siskin
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