Mobile bird identification
Bird Field Guide
Adult (Summer)
The Twite is a small finch with bold black streaking on it's breast and back, dark wings and tail and clean white underside. The dark eye stripe with tawny-buff supercilium and face can be quite distinctive. The Males pink rump is not always easy to see.
Twite
Carduelis flavirostris
Finches Menu
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Other Finches
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Blue-grey head
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White wing patches
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Pink underside
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Brown back
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Dark wings
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Mottled head
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Orange breast
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Dark spots on flank
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White rump
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Dark back and wings
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Pale grey head
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Pink breast
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Orange-brown back
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Pale red forehead
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Dark wings
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Black streaked breast
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Tawny-buff face
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Streaked brown back
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Pink rump
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Dark wings
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Pink breast
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Pink forehead
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Small bill
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Brown streaked body
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Whitish streaked underside
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Red face
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Black and white head
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Bright yellow on wings
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Tawny brown back
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Pale underside
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Green-yellow body
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Stout bill
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Yellow wing bar
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Large heavy finch
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Dark around eye
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Black cap
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Yellow head and breast
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Black and yellow wings
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Yellow wings
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White underside
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Bright yellow forehead
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Yellow breast
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Green and black wings
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Forked tail
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Female brownish
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Black cap, bill and nape
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Bright red underside
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Grey back
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Black wings
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White rump
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Large heavy bill
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Bright brown head
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Brown body
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Black wings
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Whitish wing bar
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Hooked, crossed bill
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Red or green body
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Dark wings
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Dark eye
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Habitat specific
Serin (Rare)
Black streaked breast
Tawny-buff face & supercilium
Streaked brown back
Pink rump
(male only)
(male only)
White underside
Faint white wing bar
Dark tail with white outer feathers
Grey bill (yellow in winter)
Note the yellow bill on this Twite and the heavy streaking, also note the light wing bar with clean white underside. The only difference between the male and female bird is the males pink rump. In winter plumage the Twite is less heavily streaked and appears overall more orange-buff in colour. The Twite's bill is grey in summer and yellow in winter, this birds bill is in the process of changing colour.
Distribution:
An uncommon resident breeding bird in the UK, found in the Western Isles and Northern Scotland. In winter the bird is more widespread and can turn up at almost any coastal location. The Twite is more widespread in Europe.
An uncommon resident breeding bird in the UK, found in the Western Isles and Northern Scotland. In winter the bird is more widespread and can turn up at almost any coastal location. The Twite is more widespread in Europe.
Habitat:
The Twite prefers weedy fields and moorland, often near the coast.
The Twite prefers weedy fields and moorland, often near the coast.
Notes:
The Twite feeds only on seeds, even feeding it's young with them and as a result the bird needs a year round steady supply which has limited the birds ability to become resident in some areas. The machar of the western isles of Scotland supports a resident number of birds but elsewhere the Twite tends to be a more seasonal visitor.
The Twite feeds only on seeds, even feeding it's young with them and as a result the bird needs a year round steady supply which has limited the birds ability to become resident in some areas. The machar of the western isles of Scotland supports a resident number of birds but elsewhere the Twite tends to be a more seasonal visitor.
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Carduelis
Species: C. flavirostris
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Carduelis
Species: C. flavirostris
