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Bird name:

Hawfinch

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Finches (Fringillidae)

Code 4

HAWF

Code 6

COCCOT

ITIS

179170

Breeding Location:

Forests

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Rare to casual, Rare in North America

Egg Color:

Green with black brown marks at large end

Number of Eggs:

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Roots, twigs, lichen and hair

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Hawfinch: Stocky finch with a huge blue-gray conical bill that turns yellow in winter. Yellow-buff head, black chin, throat and mask, pink-buff underparts, dark red- brown upperparts, gray neck and white tipped brown tail. Females are similar but duller. Juveniles have yellow bills, gray-brown upperparts, buff-brown underparts with mottling and streaking.

Range and Habitat

Hawfinch: Native of Europe and Asia and accidental in Alaska. Prefers forested areas.

Breeding and Nesting

Hawfinch: Prefers wooded areas with large trees. Lays three to seven green eggs with black brown marks at larger end, in a nest of sticks, lichen and twigs lined with hair and rootlets, built in a tree or bush.

Foraging and Feeding

Hawfinch: Eats mainly seeds and fruit kernels, especially cherries. Forages on ground and in canopies of trees.

Readily Eats

Sunflower Seed

Vocalization

Hawfinch: Emits a loud strong single note.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Chin

The area of the face just below the bill.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

Field Guide to Birds of North America