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IDENTIFICATION OF “GREEN FIN- CHES” ( Chloris , , Car- duelis and )

1 - With yellow patches on flight and tail feat- hers..……………………………...... 2 1

- Without yellow patches on flight and tail feathers ………….…………..…..... 5

2 - With yellow patches on all flight feathers 2 ….……………………….……. 3 5

- With yellow patches only on primaries 3 ……..………………….…………..... 4

3 - Crown and breast greenish-white streaked . Fe- dark; tail feathers with yellow patches only on male: with yellow the outer webs: Eurasian Siskin, female ( Spinus patches on all flight spinus ) feathers (1); crown (2) and breast (3) - With dark crown; unstreaked yellow breast; streaked; tail feathers tail feathers with extensive yellow patches: Eu- with yellow patches rasian Siskin, male ( Spinus spinus ) only on the outer webs (4); long and 4 - The yellow patches on primaries do not 4 pointed bill (5). reach the shafts; outer tail feathers with yellow patches only on inner webs; unstreaked greenish -grey breast: European , female (Chloris chloris )

- The yellow patches on primaries reach the shafts; outer tail feathers with extensive yellow patches; unstreaked greenish breast: , male ( Chloris chloris ) 1

- With wings and tail similar to those des- cribed but with streaked breast: European Greenfinch, juvenile ( Chloris chloris ) 2 5 - With unstreaked breast and flanks: Citril , adult ( citrinella ) 5 3 - With streaks on breast and/or flanks …. 6

6 - With unstreaked breast and streaked flanks: , male ( Serinus serinus ) Eurasian Siskin. Male: with yellow patches on - With streaks on breast and flanks ..…….7 all flight feathers (1); dark crown (2); 7 - Breast bolding streaked dark; with short and unstreaked yellow stubby bill: European serin, female/juvenile breast (3); tail feathers (Serinus serinus ) with extensive yellow patches (4); long and pointed bill (5). - Breast softly streaked dark; with long and 4 thin bill: , juvenile ( Carduelis citri- nella ) http://blascozumeta.com Write your website here Page 1 Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze Sponsor is needed. Write your name here 432a Idenfification of “Green Finches” Put your logo here

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European Green- finch. Juvenile: ye- llow patches only on primaries (1); 3 with streaked breast 4 2 (2); strong cone- 3 2 shaped bill (3)

European Greenfinch. Female: yellow patches only on primaries, which do not reach the shafts (1); outer tail feathers with yellow pat- ches only on inner webs (2); unstreaked gree- nish-grey breast (3); strong cone-shaped bill (4)

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4 Citril Finch. Adult: 2 without yellow pat- 3 2 ches on flight (1) and tail (2) feathers; unstreaked flanks (3). European Greenfinch. Male: yellow patches only on primaries, which reach the shafts (1); outer tail feathers with extensive yellow patches (2); unstreaked greenish breast (3); strong cone- shaped bill (4)

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European Serin. 2 Citril Finch. Juvenile: Male: without ye- without yellow patches 2 llow patches on on flight (1) and tail (2) flight (1) and tail (2) feathers; breast softly feathers; unstreaked streaked dark (3); long breast (3) and and thin bill (3) streaked flanks (4).

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European Serin. Ju- venile: without ye- 2 llow patches on flight (1) and tail (2) feathers; breast bol- ding streaked dark (3); short and stubby bill (4). http://blascozumeta.com Write your website here Page 3