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Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
26 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart (XC477912). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 5,380,033 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 5,379,475 |
| Russia | 44,365 |
| United Kingdom | 12,091 |
| Germany | 12,012 |
| France | 9,521 |
| Spain | 8,663 |
| England | 8,592 |
| Italy | 7,149 |
| Moscow | 3,960 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Seed eaterDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on seeds.Inferred from its group
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae |
| Genus | Chaffinches and Brambling · Fringilla |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Pennsylvania, United States
- Birds of United States
- Common local birds of United States
- Local Wildlife of Italy
- Local Wildlife of United States
- Songbirds of Germany
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Common Chaffinch with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.