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TerryH

Well-known member

• Mar 12, 2003

• #1

Found this I took last year in Azores can anyone identify please.

 

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T0ny

Okillre Member

• Mar 12, 2003

• #2

Nearest I can come to it is Brambling, but that doesn't look quite right. Where are the Azores, by the way - Europe or America ?

Tony

 

Geoff Pain

Rural Member

• Mar 12, 2003

• #3

The nearest I can get is some sort of Chaffinch,perhaps blue.

Geoff :t:

 

TerryH

Well-known member

• Mar 12, 2003

• #4

Hi Tony,
The Azores are about 1000mile out in the Atlantic in line with Lisbon/Portugal. They are part of Portugal.

Geoff I have looked through all my books and can't find a match it was about the size of a song thrush.

 

kmonty1950

Well-known member

• Mar 12, 2003

• #5

Terry,

How about one of the Island races of chaffinch? Could be Fringilla coelebs canariensis, this one is found on the atlantic islands. there are also a couple of other sub-species that look very similar to your piccy. (This is from Handbook of the birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa).

Regards

Ken

 

seb_seb

Well-known member

• Mar 12, 2003

• #6

blue chaffinch sounds right geoff

 

MikeMules

Well-known member

• Mar 13, 2003

• #7

I'm with Ken here. It looks like an island subspecies)of the Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs tintillon ?perhaps?).

 

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Aleix Comas

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• Mar 13, 2003

• #8

It is a local subspecies of Chaffinch, called Azores Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs moreletti). You can see more pix of it at:

http://www.cursorius.com/mac_endemics.html

 

TerryH

Well-known member

• Mar 13, 2003

• #9

Aleix,

Many thanks for the link - Azores Chaffinch it is.

Will add to the gallery if none already there.

We also tried to photo the Grey wagtail but without success.


Many thanks

Terry.