hawfinch
Stocky European finch
A hawfinch is a stocky European finch with a massive, powerful beak capable of cracking cherry pits and other hard seeds that smaller birds cannot manage.
It is the largest finch native to Britain, though notoriously shy and difficult to spot despite its distinctive thick-necked silhouette.
The name combines "haw" (the fruit of hawthorn, part of its diet) with "finch."
Tool for cracking shells
nutcracker
Tool for cracking shells
crushing · kernel · bill · grosbeak · foraging · gape · hornbeam
deciduous
Sheds foliage seasonally
cherry · orchard · parkland · hedgerow · canopy · treetop · foliage · branches · understory · European
grosbeak
Large-billed finch relative
- bullfinchSmall Eurasian passerine
- chaffinchCommon Eurasian finch
- greenfinchSmall yellowish European songbird
goldfinch · brambling · siskin · linnet · crossbill · passerine · songbird · perch · aviary · birdsong
hawfinchrobin
Small orange-breasted thrush
house sparrow · blue tit · chaffinch · blackbird · sparrow
hawfinchhummingbird
Small nectar-feeding hoverer
warbler · sunbird · treecreeper · flycatcher · swallow