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  "path": "/wiki/birds/common-chaffinch/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "_Fringilla coelebs_ male · Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA\n\nInfo\n\nCommon name: Common Chaffinch\nScientific name: _Fringilla coelebs_\n\nThe common chaffinch is one of the most abundant and widespread birds in Europe. The breeding male is striking: a slate-blue cap and nape, brick-pink face and breast, olive-green rump, and two bold white wing bars that flash conspicuously in flight. The female is considerably plainer but shares the same diagnostic wing pattern.\n\nThe species name _coelebs_ — Latin for “bachelor” — was given by Linnaeus because he observed that in Scandinavia during winter, females migrate south while males stay behind. In Portugal the chaffinch is a year-round resident, extremely common in woodlands, farmland edges, orchards, and gardens.\n\nIts song is a vigorous cascade of notes that ends with a distinctive flourish, and the sharp _pink_ call note is among the most frequently heard sounds in any Portuguese woodland. A traditional belief holds that its quiet _huit_ rain call predicts incoming weather.\n\n* * *\n\n## Song & Call\n\nRecording XC717187 via xeno-canto.org — Creative Commons licensed.\n\n* * *\n\n**First recorded:** 26 May 2026 · Cruz de Argola, Guimarães, Portugal",
  "title": "Common Chaffinch"
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