Hawfinch

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

The hawfinch is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is the only extant species placed in the genus Coccothraustes. Its closest living relatives are the genus Eophona of East Asia, and Hesperiphona of Central and North America. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 1,146,130 times across 63 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 23°C (typically 18 to 27°C, from 26 areas).

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 48°N in March to 56°N in August, about 1,000 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.