Bulgaria
Greece
Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
 (L 6.7" WS 8" Wt 0.4 oz))
In much of Europe, across Asia
to Siberia and in northwest
Africa...up to 18 subspecies.
Vitosha Mountain
12May2015
Pirin Mountains
14May2015
female
Fringilla is Latin for a small bird mentioned
by Terentus Varro et al;
coelebs is Latin for
single, unmarried refers to the female
chaffinch who leaves the males to a bachelor
existence.
© Niels Van
Doninck
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