Key Facts
Family: Fringillidae
Biometrics:
Length: 13 to 15 cm, Weight: 19 to 33 g
Range:
Breeding occurs from Danube valley, Sweden, Siberia to the Bering Sea, Caucasus, northern Iran, Afghanistan, Western Himalayas, Tibet and China to Japan. During winter - southern Iran to South-East China, India, Burma, and Indochina, as a vagrant in Sri Lanka.
Habitat:
In summer - thickets, woodland and forest edges, near rivers at 200 to 3600 meters altitude and in winter - gardens and orchards, wetlands and locally in dry oak woods at 1500 to 2000 meters altitude
Clicked at: Panvel, Maharashtra
