Listen to the hawfinch
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About the hawfinch
The hawfinch is a bird in the family Fringillidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 31 cm.
What does the hawfinch sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as song and flight call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is the only extant species placed in the genus Coccothraustes. Its closest living relatives are the genus Eophona of East Asia, and Hesperiphona of Central and North America.
This bird breeds across Europe and temperate Asia (Palearctic). It is mainly resident in Europe, but many Asian birds migrate further south in the winter. It is a rare vagrant to the western islands of Alaska.
More from the family Fringillidae
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Carduelis carduelis
Eurasian bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Eurasian chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Common linnet
Linaria cannabina
Eurasian siskin
Spinus spinus
European greenfinch
Chloris chloris
Red crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
Common rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus
Common redpoll
Acanthis flammea
European serin
Serinus serinus
Two-barred crossbill
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Frequently asked questions
What does a hawfinch sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the hawfinch on this page, including its song and flight call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the hawfinch endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the hawfinch as “least concern”.
What family does the hawfinch belong to?
The hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · sedlo pod Volovcom, Slovakia by Alexander Kurthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Flight call · Fontaine-le-Comte, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q174088 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Hawfinch – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Marek Szczepanek – CC BY-SA 3.0