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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Unmistakeable, the only small bird in Europe to show a combination of ''grey, black, red and white plumage'', a ''long thin beak'' and a habit for ''crawling over rockfaces''. Only ''males in summer plumage'' show the ''black throat'', being greyish/buff white in other plumages. In flight, powers forward with deep irregular wingbeats and can appear much larger than it actually is. | ||
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==Distribution & Taxonomy== | ==Distribution & Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
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- Tichodroma muraria
Description
Identification
Unmistakeable, the only small bird in Europe to show a combination of grey, black, red and white plumage, a long thin beak and a habit for crawling over rockfaces. Only males in summer plumage show the black throat, being greyish/buff white in other plumages. In flight, powers forward with deep irregular wingbeats and can appear much larger than it actually is.
