Odd finch, Bangor Wales (1 Viewer)

[stevethehydra]

I thought this was a Goldfinch when I took the pictures... but looking at them on my computer, it looks... odd. Aberrant Goldfinch, hybrid or something else?

 

[Ronayne88]

Looks like a Goldfinch x Greenfinch cross.

See here: http://www.birdinfo.co.uk/sites/Mules_Hybrids/goldfinch_crosses.htm

Just scroll down a little bit,

Seán

 

[_pauls]

Looks like a Goldfinch x Greenfinch cross.

See here: http://www.birdinfo.co.uk/sites/Mules_Hybrids/goldfinch_crosses.htm

Just scroll down a little bit,

Seán

My thoughts too.

 

[dwatsonbirder]

Agree with goldfinch x greenfinch

 

[stonechat1]

Goldfinch X Canary, IMHO.

 

[Cheshire Birder]

That grey head and small amount of red suggests Goldfinch x Linnet hybrid.

CB

 

[Patboy]

I would go for Goldfinch x linnet myself.
Pat

 

[stevethehydra]

For what it's worth, my initial impression was "is that a Linnet? oh no, there's yellow in its wings, must be a Goldfinch... but I'll take a photo to be sure, in case it's something else that might be a year tick" (also perhaps considering Redpoll sp) - I didn't think Greenfinch (or get an impression of "green-ness") at all. Also its song made me think either Goldfinch or Linnet... not that I really know anything about songs, or have really noticed what a singing Greenfinch sounds like...

What do you think is the likelihood of it being a naturally occurring hybrid versus an escaped cage bird? I know breeding finch hybrids is a pastime in some areas of the country...

 

[stonechat1]

[...] a naturally occurring hybrid versus an escaped cage bird? I know breeding finch hybrids is a pastime in some areas of the country...

I didn´t know that Canaries are a wild/native species in UK?
Just a cage bird who has been released.

 

[knotsbirder]

I didn´t know that Caries are a wild/native species in UK?
Just a cage bird who has been released.

Canaries aren't, however most suggestions have been of Goldfinch x Linnet, both of which are.

Sam

 

[Ronayne88]

Look up geenfinch x goldfinch and all will be clear. Also take a look at the green just outside flanks. Linnet does not show this. Grrenfinch x Golfinch without question. At the end of the day.. it's mank

 

[Ronayne88]

I'm too angry to be on here. Ye might be right.

 

[HarryJ]

Goldfinch x greenfinch.

Harry J

 

[stonechat1]

Look up geenfinch x goldfinch and all will be clear. [...]

I did follow your recommendation and compared your suggestion " Greenfinch x Goldfinch without question" with the various photographs in the books "Gli Ibridi" and "Kruisingen kweken en tentoonstellen". Both books show this variant, even with mutants. No single specimen shows the flanks like the bird in question.

I´ve no doubt that the bird is a hybrid of an Goldfinch x Gloster Consort, hence the bully appearance.

At the end of the day.. it's mank

Could you explain this term, please?

 

[Andy Hurley]

its like mucky or dirty, not pure

 

[stonechat1]

Thanks Andy, much apprechiated.

 

[Jane Turner]

Specifically, coming from Manchester (used by people from Liverpool to describe anything unpleasant)

 

[screaming piha]

The association with Manchester is a coincidence of name/sound.

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/manky

Bird has plumage and structural features of Goldfinch and Canary. Can't see any Greenfinch myself.

 

[Mick Harris]

I'm in the Goldfinch x Canary camp on this one.