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Common chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
43.819, 18.2695
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Description:
The common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), usually known simply as the chaffinch, is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family. The male is brightly colored with a blue-grey cap and rust-red underparts. The female is much duller in coloring but both sexes have two contrasting white wings-bars and white sides to the tail. The male bird has a strong voice and sings from exposed perches to attract a mate.
The chaffinch breeds in much of Europe, across Asia to Siberia and in northwest Africa.
Habitat:
It prefers open woodland and often forages on the ground. The female builds a nest with a deep cup in the fork of a tree.
Notes:
Photos taken @ Vrelo Bosne, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2016
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