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| Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Adult male |
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| Photographer : | © Natalia Paklina and Chris van Orden |
| Location : | Shilovo, Kostroma Region, Russia |
| Date : |
24 June 2006 |
| English synonyms: | Japanese Hawfinch, Short-tailed Hawfinch |
| Bird Family : | Carduelinae - Finches, Siskins, Serins, Redpolls, Crossbills & Grosbeaks |
| Bird Group : | PASSERIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | With a parasite louse fly Crataerina sp. on the secondaries. The name of the parasite we found in “Swifts in a Tower” by David Lack. We know this parasite from our experience of ringing swifts and later we saw it on other birds, too. - NP & CVO |
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