One of the most beautiful songbirds of our country is the goldfinch carduelis carduelis. The name is European Goldfinch, and the ancient name is goldfinch because of the custom to feed on the seeds of thorns (spine). Other names have been given is tourkopoula, the red color has on her head and looks like a Turkish fez. Call it even linnet, Zigadreli, Kokkinotsemperou, Beauty, Stragalini and in Cyprus say Sgartili.
The Yellowbird is a source of inspiration for many writers, poets, painters and has starred in numerous books, songs, poems and paintings. During the Byzantine period, the goldfinch was the most common kind, symbolizing the love of Christ. Her name has been associated with a number of folk tales, ancient Greek myths and traditional stories.
The goldfinch is beautiful because of the wonderful combination of colors of feathers, is because of the excellent melodist majestic and melodic singing, but is especially beneficial to agriculture since food is the seeds of thorns and weeds and pests.
Is easily recognizable by the red face (mask) and black and white head. It has full black wing with broad yellow stripes, even when sitting, ouropygio white and black tail with white spots. The beak is long and very sharp in a yellow color with a small black spot in the winter, and with the advent of the breeding season totally turn white as the legs become flesh color. Both sexes are fairly similar to each other by small recognizable differences. The young birds are greyish brown head with faint stripes without the red and black adults.
The Yellowbird is a sedentary bird, found throughout Europe, the coast of North Africa, Turkey, West and Central Asia, Scandinavia, Siberia have been found also for other species in America, Australia and New Zealand, with variations in coloration of feathers.
Widely found in scrub land, woods with low trees, parks, orchards, olive groves, gardens and especially where there gaidouroagkatha. In autumn and winter flocks formed around 40 birds, while in spring, once the almond draw leaves begin to prepare for mating.
Of natural enemies, except the man who in various ways trying to capture to enjoy the singing, is the number of raptors such as owls, mice and snakes.
For this reason, prefers to build its nest in tall, isolated trees have a broad vision and always thin outer branches with dense foliage. It builds its nest among the crotch with great art minutes using twigs, leaves, dried herbs minutes and the sound and elaborate nest all the birds of its kind. Breeds twice about 4-6 lefkogalaza to turquoise eggs each time, once in late spring and a summer, after it has grown chicks. Never give birth in the same nest. He makes everything new. Klossaei for 14 days, their eggs and chicks shall equally and both parents. When the young are not at risk of leaving but a timid bird. They are birds that have love and solidarity among them, rare and always debating one the other.
Life expectancy in the wild is 8-10 years. Birds are very resistant to cold but very susceptible to diseases such as intestinal. Is throwing waving and dancing. When you sing, the special characteristic shake of her body.
People tend to mate and goldfinch on canaries and their descendants, the karderinokanara if males are wonderful singers, while females are very good nannies. Also paired with Floros, pyrroula, but lougaro karmpontakous, with extraordinary beauty and divine offspring singing.
For the nutrition and care during the breeding is that all spizes (Floria, furnishing, etc.).
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