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4 unusual facts about European Goldfinch


Dipsacus

The seeds are an important winter food resource for some birds, notably the European Goldfinch.

Eric Fitch Daglish

However, his Birds Of The British Isles (1948) was in colour with a total of 48 engravings, 25 in colour and the cover of the book had a coloured wood engraving of goldfinches.

Pavlovsk Palace

Cameron constructed a small Swiss chalet with a library; a dairy of rough stones with a thatched roof, where milk products were kept and prepared, and an aviary in the form of a small classical temple with metal netting between the Dorian columns, which was filled with nightingale, goldfinch, starling and quail.

Vivarini

As vivarino means in Italian a goldfinch, he sometimes drew a goldfinch as the signature of his pictures.


Golden-winged grosbeak

The large bill suggests a relationship with the Asian grosbeaks - e.g. Mycerobas - but its song and calls are reminiscent of European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis, European Greenfinch C. chloris, and Yemen Linnet C. yemenensis.


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