>> GENERAL >>>>>
– small passerine, smaller than a sparrow
– diurnal migrant
– flocks usually very noisy, typical call easily heard
>> FLIGHT >>>>>
– migratory flocks comprise often 2-30 individuals, sometimes up to 100, exceptionally more
– flight quite fast but, not hectic, but fluttering; somewhat “hopping”
– sometimes mixed with single Common Linnets
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
– noticeably smaller than Common Chaffinch
– yellow wing patches give a good ID feature also at greater distances, especially in turning flocks
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis, AD, 1CY
BIF0873, 18/08/2013, Hessen, Germany, Martin Grimm
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
European Greenfinch Chloris c. chloris
BIF0874, 26/12/2015, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
European Greenfinch Chloris c. chloris
BIF0875, 26/12/2015, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis, AD, 1CY
European Greenfinch Chloris c. chloris
BIF0876, 01/10/2012, Wermsdorfer Teiche, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
Common Linnet Linaria c. cannabina
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer m. montanus
BIF1199, 25/01/2017, Brinnis, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
BIF3421, 26/11/2020, Weitgendorf, Germany, Patrick Franke
– ID straightforward, even in dense fog
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
BIF3423, 26/11/2020, Weitgendorf, Germany, Patrick Franke
– ID straightforward, even in dense fog
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
Common Linnet Linaria c. cannabina
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer m. montanus
BIF1201, 25/01/2017, Brinnis, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
Common Linnet Linaria c. cannabina
BIF1203, 25/01/2017, Brinnis, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
Common Linnet Linaria c. cannabina
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer m. montanus
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
BIF1204, 25/01/2017, Brinnis, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
Common Linnet Linaria c. cannabina
BIF1205, 25/01/2017, Brinnis, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
Common Linnet Linaria c. cannabina
BIF1206, 25/01/2017, Brinnis, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
European Greenfinch Chloris c. chloris
BIF0877, 26/12/2015, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
BIF0878, 10/01/2012, Schadebacher Teiche, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
European Greenfinch Chloris c. chloris
BIF0879, 10/01/2012, Schadebacher Teiche, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
BIF0880, 26/12/2015, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
BIF1067, 20/01/2017, Ölzschau, Germany, Mathias Putze
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis
BIF1068, 20/01/2017, Ölzschau, Germany, Mathias Putze
>> SOUND ID >>>>>
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis, calls during migration
BIF0890, 20/10/2010, Altenfeld, Germany, Patrick Franke
European Goldfinch Carduelis c. carduelis, 30, calls in flight
BIF0891, 28/03/2014, Werbeliner See, Germany, Patrick Franke
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
European Greenfinch
Eurasian Siskin
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