I am going on holiday now for a while, already missing the balcony crew.

*edit: It is a young goldfinch, right?

  • Zarcher
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    8 months ago

    That crest is very characteristic of a goldcrest. I know of two sub species of gold crests, one has the yellow stripe the other a slightly orange stripe and body

    This seems to me like the goldfinch, regulus regulus. Not the common firecrest , regulus ignicapilla.

    My information sources is the Merlin Bird spotting app.

    EDIT: the correct name is not goldfinch but goldcrest. As it is not in the finch family at all.

    • @AchtungDrempelsOP
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      148 months ago

      I probably should have said where i am located, it’s in Düsseldorf, Germany. Regulus regulus should be around where i live too, according to my local bird book, but i have not seen one yet, i am quite certain it must be the child of Carduelis carduelis, European Goldfinch, the older ones are all over the feeder:

      • serenDPT
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        28 months ago

        Cute picture! And I really like your username (⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)