Bouvreuil-Ponceau

A subspecies of the Peony Bullfinch
Latin name: Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula

Description:

Many thanks to Natalia and Chris van Orden for these beautiful photographs!

1- P.p.europoeaad. female, Jena, Germany, January 2005, with a seed of Fraxinus excelsior

2- P.p.pyrrhula, 09.05.05, feeding on a willow flower

3- P.p.pyrrhula

4- P. p. pyrrhula

5- P. p. pyrrhula, 27 April 2005, Kostroma region, Russia, feeding on Betula buds

6- Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula, 27 April 2005, Kostroma region, Russia

7- Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula in winter in Russia, feeding on Fraxinus excelsior seeds

8- Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula in winter in Russia at -30°C, feeding on Syringa seeds.

Video: Hand-rearing a young male redpoll with a wild phenotype

Breeding

Feeding

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