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(Redirected from Carduelis flavirostris)
Carduelis flavirostris
Photo by AlanBattPhoto showing male, taken: Isle of N. Uist, Outer Hebrides.
Photo by AlanBatt
Photo showing male, taken: Isle of N. Uist, Outer Hebrides.

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[edit] Identification

Brown streaked with black above, pink rump buff to white underparts streaked with brown. The conical bill is yellow in winter and grey in summer.

The call is a distinctive twit, and the song contains fast trills.

[edit] Distribution

Northern Europe and across central Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Moorland.

[edit] Behaviour

It builds its nest in a bush, laying 4-7 eggs.

The diet includes seeds.

[edit] Bird Song


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