Hawfinch vs Black Rosy-finch

Coccothraustes coccothraustes مقارنةً بـ Leucosticte atrata

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Hawfinch Black Rosy-finch
الاسم العلمي Coccothraustes coccothraustes Leucosticte atrata
الرتبة Passeriformes Passeriformes
الفصيلة Fringillidae Fringillidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Endangered
الطول 18,0 cm (7.1 in)
طول الجناح 32,0 cm (12.6 in) 21,3 cm (8.4 in)
الوزن 55,0 g (1.94 oz) 25,5 g (0.90 oz)
النظام الغذائي Seeds and kernels, especially from cherries, olives, elms, and hornbeams. The bill exerts a force … --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3-5 3-6
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Hawfinch 18,0 cm
Black Rosy-finch
طول الجناح
Hawfinch 32,0 cm
Black Rosy-finch 21,3 cm
الوزن
Hawfinch 55,0 g
Black Rosy-finch 25,5 g

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Hawfinch only

Black Rosy-finch only

Hawfinch

Deciduous and mixed woodland, orchards, parks, and large gardens with mature fruiting trees.

Song & Call Comparison

Hawfinch

الغناء

A sharp, metallic 'tsick' call — the primary vocalization and often all that's heard. Song is a thin, reedy warble. Generally inconspicuous vocally despite its striking appearance.

Black Rosy-finch

Geographic Range & Migration

Hawfinch

Europe, North Africa, and western and central Asia. Partially migratory, with northern populations moving south in winter.

Black Rosy-finch

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Hawfinch

Endangered

Black Rosy-finch

How to Tell Them Apart

Hawfinch

الريش

Orange-brown head with a black bib and eye stripe. Warm brown back, grey nape, and broad white wing bar. Massive head and bill give a top-heavy appearance.

المنقار

Enormously powerful, conical, pale bill capable of cracking cherry and olive stones

Black Rosy-finch

About These Birds

Hawfinch

The hawfinch possesses the most powerful bill relative to body size of any European bird, capable of cracking cherry stones that require a force of 27-43 kg. Despite its distinctive appearance, it is famously shy and difficult to observe. The skull contains special adaptations to absorb the enormous forces generated during seed-cracking.

Black Rosy-finch

The Black Rosy-finch is an endangered, medium-sized finch with jet-black body plumage and rose-pink wing and rump patches that give the rosy-finch group their name. It breeds at high altitude in rocky alpine terrain of the Rocky Mountains in the western United States, nesting in cliff crevices and talus slopes above the snowline. It feeds on seeds, insects, and invertebrates found at the snow's edge and in alpine meadows.

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