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BREEDING MACHO OF GOLDFINCH                        BREEDING FEMALE OF GOLDFINCH
DESCRIPTION OF THE GOLDFINCH

 Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis. This species is too known by all, ornithologists and fans of the Nature. If some bird is estimated, this one will occupy the first places. The back and the flanks are chestnut-colored, a color that in tones variable and more near the beige they extend to the chest. The red mask that occupies the whole face from the forehead up to the top part of the throat is an unmistakable feature. About the beak there is a black line and the same color they have the head and nape.The center of the chest and the abdomen they are white. The black wings have a good proportion of yellow, except the second primary one, who lacks him, and there are in the tops of primary and secondary a few small white very visible spots. The tail is lightly forked or with plunging neckline, is of black color and the rectrices have the whitish tops. In the exterior pair of every side there is a white oval big spot, which can have the same size in the third rectriz, counting of out to inside. Normally this one has only a small spot that aveces is imperceptible. This plumage is acquired by complete shed in August - September.