The bullfinch, common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) is a beautiful bird that can be seen from far among the tree branches. The adult male has bright red neck and chest. They are likely to be afraid of human, but they can be found in several trees of city or places far from human.
During the winter, one can find little flock of bullfinch, which are female mostly. Females have grey-buff underparts, braver than males and seem very powerful.
Other species of bullfinch is grey bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula cineracea). The male differs from that of the nominate subspecies by having completely grey underparts. They are likely to be afraid of human. They hide behind the trees and observe human from distance.
The food is mainly seeds and buds of fruit trees, which can make it a pest in orchards. The short beak is adopted to eat that kind of foods and they eat insects when they feed their chick. Once upon a time, they were destroyer of European garden of fruit trees.
The hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) is favoured for breeding in deciduous or mixed woodland, including parkland, with large trees - especially hornbeam. It is mainly resident in Mongolia. The hawfinch, bigger than bullfinch, is very secretive besides being very shy. They often feed with bigger birds and they are not afraid of them.
The hawfinch feeds primarily on hard seeds from trees, as well as fruit seeds, which it obtains with the help of its strong beak with accompanying jaw muscles. Its jaw muscles exert a force equivalent to a load of approximately 30–48 kg. Thus it can break through the seeds of cherries and plums. Other common sources of food include pine seeds, berries, sprouts and the occasional caterpillar and beetle. They can also break through olive seeds.
The common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), usually known simply as the chaffinch, is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family. The chaffinch was described by Linnaeaus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae under its current binomial name. Fringilla is the Latin word for a finch while coelebs means unmarried or single. Linnaeus remarked that during the Swedish winter, only the female birds migrated south through Belgium to Italy.
The other species of finch family is the brambling (Fringilla montifringilla). The brambling is similar in size and shape to a common chaffinch. Bramblings mostly eat seeds, but unlike most finches, their young are fed largely on insects.
The Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus) is one of the most beautiful birds in Mongolia. Males are bright pink and have little white spots at head. Females are grey and brown. They mostly eat fruits, seeds that fallen from bush and trees.
The long-tailed rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus) has long tail and red face, chest and stomach. They eat willow and grass seed. They are very fast moving and live in dense bushes and shrubs.
Those two birds mosly breed in Mongolia and Southern Siberia, but they migrate to China and Korea in the winter, when weather becomes cold and face lack of food.
My favourite bird to observe in the winter is the azure tit (Parus cyanus). It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout Russia and central Asia. It is found in temperate and subarctic deciduous or mixed woodlands, scrub and marshes. Its food is insects and seeds. This bird is tiny and shy. If you see them flying in the summer, you mistake azure tit for butterfly.
Wikipedia proposed to use my photograph of azure tit and Natural History Musuem of France requested to use my photograph of Pallas's rosefinch, due to lack of information and photographs on the internet about those birds. Therefore, I would call other Mongolian photographers to publish their works, as it is getting noticed recognized.
The bullfinch, common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) is a beautiful bird that can be seen from far among the tree branches. The adult male has bright red neck and chest. They are likely to be afraid of human, but they can be found in several trees of city or places far from human.
During the winter, one can find little flock of bullfinch, which are female mostly. Females have grey-buff underparts, braver than males and seem very powerful.
Other species of bullfinch is grey bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula cineracea). The male differs from that of the nominate subspecies by having completely grey underparts. They are likely to be afraid of human. They hide behind the trees and observe human from distance.
The food is mainly seeds and buds of fruit trees, which can make it a pest in orchards. The short beak is adopted to eat that kind of foods and they eat insects when they feed their chick. Once upon a time, they were destroyer of European garden of fruit trees.
The hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) is favoured for breeding in deciduous or mixed woodland, including parkland, with large trees - especially hornbeam. It is mainly resident in Mongolia. The hawfinch, bigger than bullfinch, is very secretive besides being very shy. They often feed with bigger birds and they are not afraid of them.
The hawfinch feeds primarily on hard seeds from trees, as well as fruit seeds, which it obtains with the help of its strong beak with accompanying jaw muscles. Its jaw muscles exert a force equivalent to a load of approximately 30–48 kg. Thus it can break through the seeds of cherries and plums. Other common sources of food include pine seeds, berries, sprouts and the occasional caterpillar and beetle. They can also break through olive seeds.
The common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), usually known simply as the chaffinch, is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family. The chaffinch was described by Linnaeaus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae under its current binomial name. Fringilla is the Latin word for a finch while coelebs means unmarried or single. Linnaeus remarked that during the Swedish winter, only the female birds migrated south through Belgium to Italy.
The other species of finch family is the brambling (Fringilla montifringilla). The brambling is similar in size and shape to a common chaffinch. Bramblings mostly eat seeds, but unlike most finches, their young are fed largely on insects.
The Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus) is one of the most beautiful birds in Mongolia. Males are bright pink and have little white spots at head. Females are grey and brown. They mostly eat fruits, seeds that fallen from bush and trees.
The long-tailed rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus) has long tail and red face, chest and stomach. They eat willow and grass seed. They are very fast moving and live in dense bushes and shrubs.
Those two birds mosly breed in Mongolia and Southern Siberia, but they migrate to China and Korea in the winter, when weather becomes cold and face lack of food.
My favourite bird to observe in the winter is the azure tit (Parus cyanus). It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout Russia and central Asia. It is found in temperate and subarctic deciduous or mixed woodlands, scrub and marshes. Its food is insects and seeds. This bird is tiny and shy. If you see them flying in the summer, you mistake azure tit for butterfly.
Wikipedia proposed to use my photograph of azure tit and Natural History Musuem of France requested to use my photograph of Pallas's rosefinch, due to lack of information and photographs on the internet about those birds. Therefore, I would call other Mongolian photographers to publish their works, as it is getting noticed recognized.