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Photo by Rodrigo Reyes
Location: Puerto Bertrand, XI Region, Patagonia, Chile

Carduelis barbata

[edit] Identification

Size: 12-15 cm, wing 7.3 cm, weight 15.9g
Male - black cap, small black patch on the chin, greenish-yellow with yellowish rump, face and underparts.
Female slightly duller than the male.

[edit] Distribution

South America in Chile, South Argentina and the Falkland Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Woodlands.

[edit] Behaviour

Breeding takes place in early Sep-Dec in the Falklands; the nest is a neat cup of fine grass, lined with hair, wool or root fibres, placed in fork of a large bush up to 1.8 m above ground or in mature Tussac grass. Three to five pinkish-white eggs marked with red-brown spots are laid.

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