Adult © Santiago Caballero Carrera
Juvenile © Marc FASOL
Adult © Marco Valentini
Adult © Craig Brelsford
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Adult © Tatyana Korzhitskaya
Adult © Doug Gochfeld

Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes

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Unique, chunky finch. Note the massive bill (steely gray in summer, pinkish in winter) and blue-gray hindneck, like a shawl on an orangey head. Broad white tail tip and white wing band show mainly in flight. Despite distinctive appearance, shy and easily overlooked. Favors mixed and deciduous mature woodland, especially with beech, oak, and hornbeam, where tends to feed and perch quietly, high in the canopy. Also feeds on the ground in autumn and winter, sometimes forming single-species flocks. Gives high-pitched “tsik!” and lower ticking calls.

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