New Zealand Birds

11001-85704 European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis britannica) male in gorse hedgerow. The goldfinches long fine beak allows it to extract the seeds from thistles, which are innaccesible to other finches. New Zealand goldfinches originated from England and so are assigned to the subspecies 'brittanica'.

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11001-85704 European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis britannica) male in gorse hedgerow. The goldfinches long fine beak allows it to extract the seeds from thistles, which are innaccesible to other finches. New Zealand goldfinches originated from England and so are assigned to the subspecies 'brittanica'.

85704 European goldfinch carduelis britannica finch male gorse hedgerow