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Armenian Name: | Հատբեկիչ |
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See Plate 57 for Hawfinch and other similar species
Resident Status: | Year-round resident |
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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 |