Songbird ( Fringilla coelebs ) that breeds in gardens and farmlands of Europe and northern Africa to central Asia (and, by introduction, South Africa).
It is the most common finch in western Europe. The 6-in. (15-cm) male has a bluish crown, rust-brown back, greenish rump, and pinkish to rust face and breast; the female is greenish brown. The Canary Islands, or blue, chaffinch ( F. teydea ) is similar.
Chaffinch ( Fringilla coelebs )
H. Schunemann
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