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Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
(F. c. caucasica)
| Armenian Name: | Ամուրիկ |
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See Plate 55 for Chaffinch and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Year-round resident |
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| Abundance: | Common |
| Length: | 14.5 cm, Wing Span:24.5-28.5 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 314. |
| Description: | White upper and off-white lower wingbar, greenish rump, and largely white outertail feathers. |
| Adult (Breeding): | Male has black forehead, gray-blue crown, reddish-brown back, pink-brown face, and pinkish underparts. |
| Adult (Non-breeding): | Non-breeding Male is duller and browner, especially on head and upperparts. Female is gray-brown above, pale brown below year-round. |
| Juvenile: | Similar to female but has grayish-white spot on nape, browner mantle, and paler underparts. |
| Similar Species: | Differs from other finches and buntings by combination of double whitish wingbars, greenish rump, and white outertail feathers. |
| Behavior: | Often gregarious, forming large flocks with other species in fall and winter. |
| Habitat: | Forest, orchards, hedgerows, parks. |
| Food: | Seeds, plant matter. |
| Nest: | Cup of dry grasses, moss, and lichens in tree. |
| Eggs: | 19 mm, 4-5, blue-green, brownish blotches. |
