Open woodland, orchards, gardens, parks, and weedy fields with seed-bearing plants. Common at garden bird feeders.
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Song & Call Comparison
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Song & Call Comparison
European Goldfinch
さえずり
A liquid, tinkling 'swit-swit-swit' in flight and a melodic twittering song. Flocks produce a bright jingling chorus. Male song is a sweet repetitive warble incorporating the flight call.
Black Rosy-finch
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Geographic Range & Migration
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Geographic Range & Migration
European Goldfinch
Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. Introduced to Australia, New Zealand, and parts of South America.
Black Rosy-finch
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Conservation Status Comparison
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保全状況
Least Concern
European Goldfinch
Endangered
Black Rosy-finch
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Identification Tips — How to Tell Them Apart
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How to Tell Them Apart
European Goldfinch
羽毛
Crimson red face with white cheeks and a black crown. Sandy-brown back with a bright yellow wing bar visible in flight. Black and white tail.
くちばし
Slender, pointed, ivory-pink bill adapted for extracting seeds from thistles
Black Rosy-finch
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About Each Bird (Descriptions)
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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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