Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
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About Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Perching Birds
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
The chaffinch is one of the best-known and most common of all British birds (5). Both sexes can be easily identified in flight when they reveal double white flashes on the wings and white tail-sides (3). In summer the males have colourful plumage, with a rosy-red breast and cheeks and a bluish-grey crown and nape of the neck. These colours fade somewhat in winter. Adult females and juveniles have a buff or greyish coloured breast and greyish-green upperparts (2). Chaffinches produce a variety of calls, including a loud, clear pink call when perched (2). The musical rattling song is also loud (6).
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Visits
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2006-03-22Ilhara Valley, Turkey
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2006-04-03Chiemsee, Germany
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2008-07-14Moscow, Russia
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2008-07-31Elekmonar, Russia
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2008-08-08Krasnoyarsk - Yenesey South Bank, Russia
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2012-01-03Stewart Island, New Zealand
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2012-01-08Te Anau, New Zealand
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2012-01-09Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
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2012-01-16Blue Pools, New Zealand
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2012-01-18Arthur's Pass, New Zealand
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2013-02-26Chiemsee, Germany
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2013-03-01Chiemsee, Germany
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2015-03-17Gressholmen, Norway
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2015-03-31Rio Almonte, Spain
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2015-03-31Villa Monroy, Spain
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2017-11-25London, England
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2019-09-30Cairngorms National Park, England
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2019-10-01Cairngorms National Park, England
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2021-09-24Oxford, England
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2021-09-26Selsey, England
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2021-09-27Selsey, England
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2025-01-21Castell de Montjuic, Spain
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2025-01-23Gorgas de San Julian, Spain
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2025-01-24Parque Nacional Canones de Guara, Spain
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2025-03-03Parque Nacional El Estrecho, Spain
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2025-03-04La Janda, Spain
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2025-03-05Guadalmesi, Spain
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2025-03-06Bolonia, Spain
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2025-03-07La Janda, Spain
