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Topic Categories: Birding • Education • Helsinki, Finland • My Pictures • Mystery Birds • Photography • Teaching
Posted on: July 4, 2009 9:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: European Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] European Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris, photographed on the University of Helsinki (Helsingin Yliopisto) campus in Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: GrrlScientist, 3 July 2009 [larger view].
Canon Powershot SX100
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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Comments
Carduelis chloris.
Greenish back, greyish wings, yellow patch on lower part of wing.
Looks like one, we have them around where I live sometimes. Rarely though.
Posted by: Nellie Nüms | July 4, 2009 5:13 PM
Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris.
Nice to have a European bird for once - makes it so much easier!
Posted by: Horwood Beer-Master | July 4, 2009 6:08 PM