characteristically for the type bullfinches is the short and notably thickened beak: The waiter-beak is equipped with a small hook. The feet are short, the wings middle-long. The relatively long tail can plunging or straight is. Always, the males are colored more powerful than the females.
Several other types of the finches also carry the name "Bullfinch" and are summarized crimson-bullfinches to the type-group.
Types The 6 types of the type Pyrrhula are given a home above all in Asia, only the bullfinch or bullfinches are represented also in Europe. In the more strongly winding intestine, the bullfinch differs from the other European finches. Since it eats bloom-buds, leaf-buds and seeds mainly, this adaptation is necessary for the information of the high cellulose-salary of the food. The purely Asian types have its spread-main focus in the Himalaya-Gebiet and the adjoining countries, they occur as far as to the Philippines eastward. Preferentially they live in heights over 1300 m here where open surfaces and light needle-forests with bushy sub-growth determine the habitat.
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)) it has approximately 17-18 cm of length and is Europe, north and means-Asia spread in whole until East-Siberia. As brood-bird, it is more frequent in the northern areas: Here it is a real forest-inhabitant in the summer and loves especially interrelated mountain-wooded areas. In the autumn, it leaves the brood and summer-places and is in areas, where also berry-fundamental hedge exists besides trees. The northern populations undertake wide trains in small troops into milder climates. Spend the winter Z so. B. the East-Siberian brood-birds in the Manchuria, China and Japan.
Reproduction The nest is placed densely against the trunk from usually low conifers or in the undergrowth or at bushes. The construction-material (branches, moss and lichens) is not become matted so that a relaxed bowl is built. The female alone builds the nest and hatches also the 4-5 eggs, is fed by the male on that occasion, however. If they slipped bedunten nest-stools densely after 13 days, must become it in the first 6 days of the female of gehudert, later, both alto-birds bring the feed. After 12-16 days, the squabs are independent.
Chant The natural tone-remarks are sparse and are recited quietly. If however, one holds the bullfinch as house-bird, it is capable to learn simple melodies. So, a downright trade helped itself mancherorts to take young bullfinch-males from the nest to teach them popular melodies in order to then sell it for expensive money. This trade is punishable!
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