Common Chaffinch / Buchfink / Fringilla coelebs
Common Chaffinch / Buchfink / Fringilla coelebs
This is the first Common Chaffinch I saw in our yard. Actually, the first one I ever saw.
It really pays off to walk around with your eyes open
They are supposedly around from Jan - Dec.
Height is about 15cm.
The breast is red brown and the neck grey.
I guess this one’s a male. My smart book says that the females are less colourful.
It makes an intense sound, sort of monotone (at least that’s what he did this morning).
It’s a common species everywhere where there are trees. There are over 10 million breeding couples which makes him the most common bird in Middle Europe.
In Deutsch
Hungary, Somogy coounty, May 1st 2009
