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Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) It looks like this Chaffinch in our garden during the harsh winter of 2012 wasn't exactly starving. Birds,Chaffinch,Fringilla coelebs,Garden,Heesch,the Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

It looks like this Chaffinch in our garden during the harsh winter of 2012 wasn't exactly starving.

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The common chaffinch is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family. The male is brightly coloured with a blue-grey cap and rust-red underparts. The female is much duller in colouring, but both sexes have two contrasting white wing bars and white sides to the tail.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Feb 10, 2012. Captured Feb 10, 2012 12:44.
  • NIKON D7000
  • f/6.3
  • 1/500s
  • ISO125
  • 500mm