Fringilla coelebs · Irish: Rí Rua

A splash of pink and blue with a bold double wing-bar.

Habitat: Gardens, parks, woodland edges and hedgerows. | Season: All year

Identification

• Male: blue-grey crown, pink-flushed face and breast
• Female: olive-brown and duller, but shares the white wing bars

Behaviour

A common ground-feeder beneath feeders; song is a bright, cheerful cascading trill.

Did you know?

Young Chaffinches learn their song by listening to older birds nearby, and males in different areas can end up singing in slightly different local "dialects".

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