As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - This week's topic is - MALE BIRDS Chaffinch While the female is difficult to distinguish from a

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🦉 The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) Phylloscopus Greek: phyllon foliage, skopos seeker, observer trochilus trokhilos (Greek) is a small bird mentioned by Aristotle, later identified as

🦉 The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) These brightly colored birds attract attention in the spring, when, after winter migrations, they break up into small flocks and

As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - This week's topic is - FEMALE BIRDS Chaffinch The females of these birds are very similar in appearance

🦉 The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Pyrrhula (Greek): pyrrhos - red I often hear the same question: "Where do bullfinches fly in the spring?" Well, to

🦉 The Baikal bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula cineracea), also known as the grey bullfinch, grey-headed bullfinch or great bullfinch Pyrrhula (Greek): pyrrhos - red cineracea lat.: cineris - ash, cinereus,

🦉 The lesser spotted woodpecker (Picoides minor , synonym of Dryobates minor) Dryobates (Greek) : druos - forest, woodland, batēs - walker, stroller minor (Latin) - smaller This is one of the smallest

🦉 The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) Phoenicurus Greek: dark red phoinix, oura tail We call this bird the "flaming tail" because of its bright red tail, which looks like a tongue

🦉 The Eurasian penduline tit or European penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus) Remiz (Polish) Remez, dates back to lat. remissus quiet, calm pendulinus pendulus (lat.) pendant (name - for a suspended nest)

🦉 The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Mergus merganser) > - Mergus (Greek) unidentified waterfowl mentioned in the texts of Pliny, Horace, and other ancient Roman authors > - merganser

🦉 The thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) > - Luscinia (lat.) Nightingale It's not often I encounter these famous forest singers. These birds love dense thickets, like various bush-covered river

🦉 The green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) Tringa (Greek) waterbird the size of a thrush in the texts of Aristotle ochropus Greek: ōkhros buffy, pous leg This long-legged sandpiper prefers to live in swamps

🦉 The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Jynx iynx, iyngis (Greek, Lat.) wryneck ; Iynga in ancient Greek. mythology, a beautiful nymph, the daughter of the god of the forest Pan and

As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - This week's topic is - FREE THEME How about Nightingales? There are 4 species of nightingales living

🦉 The Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) Bombycilla bombux (Greek) silk, cilla (Latin) tail garrulus lat .: garrire to chatter, babble, chirp, garrulus chatty, chirping, noisy; ax prone to These beautiful

🦉 The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) Ficedula fi cedulinus (medieval lat.): “A small bird that feeds on figs and turns into a black-headed warbler in winter ”(from: Jobling, 2010) hypoleuca

🦉 The western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name) flava flavus (lat.) yellow,

🦉 The common grasshopper warbler or just grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia) Locustella (Latin) diminutive of locusta grasshopper; cricket naevia naevius (Ixoreus) lat.: naevius spot, naevius spotted

🦉 The coal tit or cole tit (Periparus ater) Peri (Greek) very, hugely Parus (lat.) Tit ater (lat.) black, dark This tiny, 9-gram bird lives primarily in coniferous forests, but can also be found in mixed