Goldfinch (photo of a bird): admires sonorous singing, flaunts with bright plumage

Type: Goldfinch (Carduelis) Family: finch PasseriformesClass: BirdsType: chordate subtype: vertebral Dimensions: body length: 12 cm weight: 13-20 Life expectancy: in captivity – up to 27 years, freedom – up to 9 years

Merry and quick-willed carduelis is loved not only for singing and bright plumage. This bird can be trained, it can be taught carry water in a bucket, scooping it out of the drinker, or pull it out lucky box ticket

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1 Habitat
2 Characteristic
3 Appearance
4 Key Features
5 Nutrition
6 Reproduction
7 Nesting
8 Content and breeding

Content

Contents

0.1 Content

1 Habitat
2 Characteristic
3 Appearance
4 Key Features
5 Nutrition
6 Breeding
7 Nesting
8 Content and breeding

Habitat
Characteristic
Appearance
Key Features
Nutrition
Breeding
Nesting
Content and breeding

Goldfinches like gardens, deciduous groves, woodlands. Flight to wintering in warmer climes for birds is not important. Although some of they are sent south, most of them usually remain on habitable places

Habitat

Different types of carduelis have chosen their habitats:

Blackhead lives in many European countries, parts of Asia and North Africa. IN Russian bird settles in Western Siberia and adjacent to it territory of the Caucasus.
The gray-headed goldfinch settles in Kazakhstan, Central Asia or southern Siberia.
Linnet chose Asia for itself, Africa and Europe.
Greenfishes share the tastes of hemp regarding residences, they can also be found in Iran.
Chinese greenfinch prefer viti nests in East Asia: China, Korea, Japan, including Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, Kamchatka.

Carduelis song is full of various sounds. Her main characteristic is enthusiasm and fun. It seems that for uplifting and a goldfinch bird was invented

Common tap dance lives on North American mainland, the island of Greenland, and also in the north Eurasia. Although she is not afraid of the cold, she leaves for the winter a settled place, heading to the south of Asia and Europe.
Ash tap dance is not afraid either cold weather. As a house, she chooses the northern territories Scandinavia and Russia, living there all year round or setting off for the winter to the Baltic states. Sometimes this species of Carduelis can be found Central Europe, Great Britain and Iceland.
Redfin preferred highlands of Central and Central Asia, as well as the Sayans and Altai.
American Goldfinch – a resident of the North America.
Chizhi: fiery lives in the warm South American countries – Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad Islands; pine – in North America; common can be found in all European and Asian forests.

In the genus Carduelis, several species are distinguished: Carduelis, Siskin, Squid, greenfinch

Characteristic

In the genus Carduelis, several species branches are distinguished:

Carduelis: black-headed, gray-headed, thick-billed, Yemeni;
Siskins: common, small, pine, American, yellow-faced, fiery, Siskin Lawrence;
Tap dance: ordinary, mountain, ashen; black can be included in this group lentils;
Greenfinch: common, yellow-breasted, Chinese Ussuri.

Carduelis song is full of various sounds. Her main characteristic is enthusiasm and fun. It seems that for uplifting and the bird of the goldfinch was invented. Photo and description this fidgets do not leave anyone indifferent, and even more so him singing!

It is hard to restrain from many vivid epithets, describing how Goldfinch bird looks. Photos of this feathered handsome just mesmerizing! You will recognize the bird by its bright plumage

Appearance

It is hard to restrain from many vivid epithets, describing how Goldfinch bird looks. Photos of this feathered handsome just mesmerizing! You will recognize the bird by its bright plumage. For example, at black-headed goldfinch, the front of the head is colored red, cheeks are white, crown and nape are black, wings are yellow with white and black patches on the posterior margin. Tail black with white interspersed at the end. Abdomen and chest light, reddish brown shade, nadhvoste white. Paws are brown with a yellow tint. Beak has a whitish-reddish color, dark at the end, and at its base black antennae are located. The gray-headed goldfinch looks the same, only his crown and nape are not black, but smoky.

Females in plumage practically do not differ from males, they as bright. The difference between the birds can be noticed only experienced eye – in males the red strip under the beak is twice as wide, than females – 8 – 10 mm.

Carduelis is characterized by elegance, dexterity and mobility. Only a titmouse can surpass this acrobat in climbing

Key Features

Carduelis is characterized by elegance, dexterity and mobility. Only a titmouse can surpass this acrobat by climbing. Goldfinch can deftly grab onto a thin branch and, hanging on it, calmly peck the seeds from the opened alder cone or remove from the leaflet or kidney any larva or caterpillar.

Goldfinches are kept in small flocks, the only exception is breeding time. A bird rarely descends to earth, only in order to drink.

Interesting! Goldfinch bird albino, photo which may suggest that this is a separate species of birds, appeared as a result of a gene mutation. Goldfinch also applies to this. melanist.

Goldfinch can cleverly grab onto a thin twig and, hanging on her, quietly peck the seeds from the opened alder cone or remove from the leaflet or kidney any larva or caterpillar

Melodious trills give out only males. The females also sing, but not so beautiful, the sounds they make are more like twittering and not so diverse. If you have goldfinches, then rejoice at home in spring at home you can almost all year round – the bird will be silent only during molting.

Interesting! The goldfinch sings alone thus expressing boredom for a girlfriend. If you run in the cage is female, the singer will be silent, as he will have more things to do.

As a feed, carduelis can be given an ordinary grain mixture, intended for granivorous birds. An important point will be high content of oilseeds in it

Nutrition

As a feed, carduelis can be given an ordinary grain mixture, intended for granivorous birds. An important point will be high content of oilseeds in it. Really like this seeds of flax, rapeseed, hemp, sunflower, burdock, sesame seeds and safflower.

Include different nuts in the diet, especially pine nuts, add to this the seeds of pine and spruce.

In addition to oilseeds, feed carduelis to oatmeal, millet, canary seed. Useful for them are weed seeds – thistle, dandelion, meadow cornflower and chicory.

To the grains, add a variety of greens, among which should to be young coniferous twigs. Also, all kinds of carduelis love all porridge and wet mashrooms for insectivorous birds. Offer your pet ant eggs and flour worms.

Feeding a feathered singer is worth at least twice a day. If The plumage of the Carduelis has faded, which means that mistakes have been made in the diet. Especially during molting, make sure that the goldfinch receives enough mineral components

Mineral additives must be mixed into the main feed:

coarse sand;
activated carbon or wood ash;
clay;
shell rock;
raw eggshells;
a piece of chalk.

Anyway, the mating season of goldfinches invariably begins late spring or early summer. And every year a female goldfinch can hatch two masonry

Breeding

Breeding periods depend on where the carduelis live. Southern birds begin to twist nests earlier than northern ones. And also their migratory “colleagues” return home at different times. Whatever it was, Carduelis carduelis invariably begins in late spring or in early summer. And every year a female goldfinch can hatch two masonry.

The main builder of the nest is the female. She positions him high on a tree far from the trunk

Nesting

Carduelis nests twist very durable, solid, they look like thick bowls made of roots, blades of grass, bast fibers, intertwined by cobwebs. On the outside, the nest is lined cocoons of insects, moss and lichens.

Interesting! In one botanical garden there was Carduelis nest, twisted from plastic plates with names of plants.

The main builder of the nest is the female. She positions him high on a tree far from the trunk. At the end of April “mistress” lays from 4 to 6 eggs of bluish or greenish color, decorated with dark spots. After 12 to 14 days incubation on chicks appear that leave in 2-3 weeks nest.

Goldfinch – one of the few wild birds who easily get used to live at home. In addition, with proper care, in captivity the bird lives much longer than in the wild

Content and breeding

Interesting! Carduelis get used quite easily live in captivity. At the same time, the bird can become so attached to to the owner that, released into the wild, can return to the person, preferring his society to freedom.

For good health, Carduelis needs a spacious cage. is he can safely get along with other birds, but for this it is necessary prepare a spacious aviary. From time to time, carduelis let fly in the house.

Important! To clean the cage, change the water for bathing and drinking should be daily. In summer, this procedure is necessary spend twice a day.

The caught goldfinch begins to sing in a couple of months. If the bird beats on a cage, first hang it on three sides of a white matter to make the goldfinch feel more comfortable

During the cleaning process, it would be nice to overfill the iron and plastic parts cells are boiled, and wooden ones should be disinfected with special means. The holes and grooves deserve special attention when cleaning – parasites like to breed there. Cages in the cage must be cleaned weekly; change sand and paper as it gets dirty.

The caught goldfinch begins to sing in a couple of months. If the bird beats on a cage, first hang it on three sides of a white matter to make the goldfinch feel more comfortable.

And now we offer to evaluate the mastery of this bright feathered artist.