Bird Spotted Red head white body black wings (4 Viewers)

[ben_lewis]

Male Green woodpeckers have red above and below the eye, have some black in the wings and pale bellies.

 

[Jan-Paul Charteris]

Red-crested Cardinal escape and sort of match the description, though you woulda thought the crest maybe mentioned, and the wings are grey rather than black. Red-headed Woodpecker had a fairly high profile claim somewhere (in Wales I think?) a few years back that was rejected by BBRC. I agree with comments that it is extremely unlikely. Rog and Ken have a point in that non-birders descriptions can be a great description of a mega, when in reality they're a not so great description of a common bird. Photos would be great, much as I'm sure if they existed they would have been posted!

Jan

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Red-headed woodpecker would have white wings on a black body, not the other way 'round.

Goldfinch sounds like a really clever suggestion to me.

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

Goldfinch sounds good concerning european birds.

If speaking escapes, this would be a possibility: Yellow-billed Cardinal:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndomer73/2583230252/in/set-72157605659079695/

Matches description and seems to be kept in captivity and bred in captivity in Europe, but not in high numbers.