- Object name(s):
- bird; FRINGILLIDAE: Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus: common chaffinch; common chaffinch
- Brief description:
- Carl Linnaeus gave the chaffinch its scientific name in 1758. He called it ‘coelebs’ meaning bachelor because he noticed that in Sweden, where he lived, winter flocks were mostly made up of male birds. Chaffinch migrate in single sex flocks because the females fly much farther than the males in search of rich food supplies. In winter the number of chaffinches in Britain almost doubles when migrant male birds join our resident flocks. Females usually fly farther to Ireland. This object is not on display.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- Bird
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collector:
- Torquay Natural History Society (from the collection of)
- Object name:
- bird; FRINGILLIDAE: Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus: common chaffinch; common chaffinch
- Object number:
- 71/1980
- Reproduction number:
- 71-1980.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Natural Sciences
- Responsible department/section:
- Birds
- Use title:
- Birds without Borders. Exhibition 2019
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d7e45458-c652-35b0-9a22-8cd6f91fcd4f
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d7e45458-c652-35b0-9a22-8cd6f91fcd4f, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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