Hawfinch

Armenian Name:	Հատբեկիչ

Resident Status:	Year-round resident
Abundance:	Uncommon
Length:	18 cm, Wing Span:29-33 cm
Distribution Map:	Map 328.
Description:	Appears short-tailed and front-heavy with white tip to tail, large white and brown-orange wingbar, and massive bill. In flight, shows white stripe on primaries.
Adult (Breeding):	Dark bills. Male has black, brown-orange, and gray on head and neck, and glossy blue-black central flight feathers. Female has duller head and neck and gray-edged central wing feathers.
Adult (Non-breeding):	Both sexes duller with yellowish bills.
Juvenile:	Duller and browner than adults with brown spots and bars below.
Behavior:	Rather secretive. Often in small family groups flying through and over the tops of trees. Usually feeds high in the canopy in dense foliage or on forest floor.
Habitat:	Deciduous forest, orchards.
Food:	Seeds, fruits, buds, some invertebrates.
Nest:	Base of dry twigs with cup of grasses; usually high in dense shrub or fruit tree.
Eggs:	24 mm, 4-5, pale blue, brownish-black spots and lines