Hawfinch / Kernbeisser (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

Hawfinch again. 2025-03-10 16:38:08 Canton Zurich

Observations

First documented observation: 2025-02-10 in Luppmen. Most recent observation: 2025-03-10 in Canton Zurich.

Description

Classification: Genus Coccothraustes (Coccothraustes); Subfamily Carduelinae (Carduelinae); Family Fringillidae (Fringillidae)
General:The hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Coccothraustes. Its closest living relatives are the Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) and Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata) of East Asia, and the evening grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) and hooded grosbeak (Hesperiphona abeillei) of North America. [more]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 04-20 - 07-10
Migration in: 02-10 - 04-20
Migration out: 08-29 - 11-15
More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=18 cm, wingspan=29-33 cm, weight=46-70 g
Habitats: Forest

Vocalisation

Song: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
Birdweather-Hawfinch. Greater Fehraltorf 2024-10-31 13:29:37
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Calls: Calls:Most typical call a sharp and explosive "tzek", with abrupt, emphasized, cut-off ending. Quite similar to Robin, but harder, with each syllable marginally longer with a slightly wheezing timbre. Repetitions are slower and more singular than Robin. Diagnostic when interspersed with high frequency notes. [Link] Found no references to song

XC712663 - Hawfinch - Coccothraustes coccothraustes - whit whit tsirp, recorded in Sweden, redubbed by me to a call.
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Call attributes: Call melody: one note, fast, Frequency: 4-8 KHz,