Carduelis carduelis
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Blood-red face mask around the bill, backed by white, with a black crown and nape: a three-coloured head
Broad golden-yellow band across the black wing, flashing in flight
Slender pointed ivory conical bill, shaped for pulling seeds out of thistle heads
Juvenile lacks the face mask and has a plain streaked grey head, but still shows the yellow wing bar
Feeds hanging upside down on thistle and burdock heads, moving in small twittering flocks
Tinkling liquid "tickelit" call and a fluid, rippling twittering song
