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Unknown Bird - Need some help to identify this little guy

  • 19-04-2013 6:53pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1


    Hey guys

    My parents have been feeding the birds around our house for years now and have come to know all the common and less common birds of this area but we can't pin down what this one is.
    IMG_0152_zps42061cbb.jpg?t=1366396933
    Anyone know what this is?

    Its hard to make out seeing as we cant find our SLR at the moment we made do with my mums I-Pad camera placed behind binoculars. the bird looks almost like an albino Greenfinch(I say this to give an idea of the shape of the beak and seeing as it is almost completely white) but it has yellow and black stripes on the wings (the yellow has been totally washed out in the photo sadly but it was beside the black)

    also here's a picture of our current favourite that has been hanging around.
    IMG_0033_zpsbf1d9a50.jpg?t=1366396954


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,072 Mod ✭✭✭✭OpenYourEyes


    Goldfinch has yellow and black on the wing, and its in the pic with a goldfinch there - so possibly a leucistic goldfinch?

    If it was a true 'albino' it'd be completely white, with pink eyes!


  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,530 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    It could be a chaffinch, goldfinch or greenfinch with a case leucism, hard to be sure from the photo which type of finch it is though.


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