{"id":297,"date":"2018-03-27T09:02:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T08:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=297"},"modified":"2023-07-28T05:47:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T04:47:33","slug":"common-chaffinch-fringilla-coelebs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=297","title":{"rendered":"Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– sparrow-sized passerine
\n– diurnal migrant<\/p>\n

>> FLIGHT >>>>><\/strong>
\n– migratory flocks comprise 1-50 individuals up to often 100s and sometimes even 1000s
\n– sometimes mixed flocks with Brambling<\/a>, Eurasian Siskin<\/a> or Redwing<\/a>
\n– quite easy and relaxed, slow (slower than Brambling) flight
\n– flocks usually in loose formation, little intra-flock movement, slightly coordinated
\n– sometimes in long loose bands, which may have wide fronts<\/p>\n

>> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, F<\/strong>
\nBIF1721, 25\/01\/2017, Brinnis, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n– strong undulating flight, thus wings often folded
\n– outer rectrices white<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, F<\/strong>
\nBIF2854, 04\/10\/2018, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
\n– most striking feature white wingbar, white medium and lesser coverts panel
\n– back brownish grey with olive rump (see also M in BIF1190)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, F<\/strong>
\nBIF2140, 09\/10\/2017, Rerik, Germany, Roland Neumann<\/p>\n

<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, M AD NBREED<\/strong>
\nBIF1187, 30\/10\/2013, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n– translucent wingbar broader in secondaries (same width in Brambling<\/a>)
\n– underside of M in NBREED dull rusty red, gradually lighter towards tail<\/p>\n

<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, M AD NBREED<\/strong>
\nBIF1189, 20\/09\/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– dark upperwing contrasting to brownish back<\/p>\n

<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, M AD NBREED<\/strong>
\nBIF1190, 20\/09\/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n

<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, M AD NBREED<\/strong>
\nBramling Fringilla montifringilla<\/em>, M NBREED<\/strong>
\nBIF1192, 27\/10\/2014, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n– same size as Brambling<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, M AD NBREED<\/strong>
\nBIF0061, 09\/10\/2012, G\u00fclper See, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n– notched medium length tail\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, M AD NBREED<\/strong>
\nBIF0063, 01\/10\/2011, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2855, 04\/10\/2018, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
\n– with headwind over water migrating flocks fly very low above the surface<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em><\/strong>
\nMeadow Pipit Anthus campestris<\/em>, 3rd from left<\/strong>
\nBIF2856, 04\/10\/2018, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
\n– rather loose flocking<\/p>\n

<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF1193, 10\/11\/2012, Torgau, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em><\/strong>
\nBramling Fringilla montifringilla<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF0793, 13\/04\/2013, Hof, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n– the white wing panel is the best ID feature in mixed flocks<\/p>\n

>> SOUND ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– two different calls during migration
\n– the flight call is a medium steep downslurred<\/em> single call like \u2018yupp\u2019
\n– sounds and looks very similar to calls of other finches (listed below) and Eurasian Tree Sparrow<\/a>
\n– much less often uttered is the hard, metallic \u2018pink\u2019 which is inseparable from similar Great Tit<\/a> call<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/BIF0064-1_PFR01547_1-10_081023_BIO_cchaffin-coelebs-FL-FC-C-PINK_d_mv_groie_REF-S_B.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, flight call, pink!<\/strong>
\nBIF0064, 23\/10\/2008, Greifswalder Oie, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/BIF2220-1-PFR14474_1-10_180304_BIO_bramb-1-FC_cchaffin-coelebs-1-FC_d_sn_reudnitz_REF-S_A_A-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nBIF2220, 04\/03\/2018, Reudnitz, Germany, Patrick Franke
\n\u2013 Brambling calls can sound confusingly similar, but in most cases pitch, angle and spaces between harmonics reveal the ID<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/BIF2225-1_PFR13974_1-00_171010_BIO_cchaffin-coelebs-1-FC_d_mv_kueborn_REF-S_C.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, flight call<\/strong>
\nBIF2225, 10\/10\/2017, K\u00fchlungsborn, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/BIF2226-1_PFR01573_1-11_091221_cchaffin-coelebs-1-M-FC_d_mv_groie_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, M, flight call<\/strong>
\nBIF2226, 21\/12\/2009, Greifswalder Oie, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/BIF2227-1_PFR04442_1-11_101028_cchaffin-coelebs-FC-SC_d_th_eisfeld_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, flight call<\/strong>
\nBIF2227, 28\/10\/2010, Eisfeld, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/BIF2228-1_PFR04445-2_1-11_101028_cchaffin-coelebs-FC_yelham-citrinella-FC_d_th_eisfeld_REF-S_C_B.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, flight call<\/strong>
\nYellowhammer Emberiza c. citrinella<\/em>, flight call<\/strong>
\nBIF2228, 28\/10\/2010, Eisfeld, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/BIF2229-1_PFR04486_2-11_101029_BIO_cchaffin-coelebs-FC_d_th_altenf_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, flight call<\/strong>
\nBIF2229, 29\/10\/2010, Altenfeld, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/BIF2230-1_PFR04498_1-11_101101_cchaffin-coelebs-FC_d_th_eisfeld_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCommon Chaffinch Fringilla c. coelebs<\/em>, flight call
\n<\/strong>BIF2230, 01\/11\/2010, Eisfeld, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eurasian Tree Sparrow<\/a> (a)
\nHawfinch<\/a> (v)
\nBrambling<\/a> (v) (a)
\nEuropean Greenfinch<\/a> (a)
\nCommon Linnet<\/a> (a)
\nEuropean Goldfinch<\/a> (a)<\/p>\n

#passerine #songbird<\/p>\n

#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>> – sparrow-sized passerine – diurnal migrant >> FLIGHT >>>>> – migratory flocks comprise 1-50 individuals up to often 100s and sometimes even 1000s – sometimes mixed flocks with Brambling, Eurasian Siskin or Redwing – quite easy and relaxed, slow (slower than Brambling) flight – flocks usually in loose formation, little intra-flock movement, … Continue reading Common Chaffinch
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