# What kind of bird is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 6, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089 "2019-02-06T23:47:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/1 "2019-02-06T23:47:32Z")
I’ve been keep seed on my window sill for these little neighborhood birds. What are they? > **[20190206-125214 hosted at ImgBB](https://ibb.co/rx7Z8hT)** > > Image 20190206-125214 hosted in ImgBB ---
**Author:** ![Hapax\_Legomenon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8c91f0/32.png) [@Hapax\_Legomenon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hapax_Legomenon)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/2 "2019-02-07T00:00:00Z")
[Green morph pine siskin](http://stokesbirdingblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/green-morph-pine-siskin.html)? A big one, judging by the scale of the seeds. ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/3 "2019-02-07T14:00:22Z")
Where are you? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/4 "2019-02-07T14:23:41Z")
Looks goldfinchy to me, but I’m sure **Colibri** or one of our other birding enthusiasts will be along soon enough to tell us for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/5 "2019-02-07T16:47:33Z")
> [@2Bits](#): > > Where are you? > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Upper Palatinate, Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/6 "2019-02-07T16:54:33Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Looks goldfinchy to me, but I’m sure **Colibri** or one of our other birding enthusiasts will be along soon enough to tell us for sure. I’m not sure, since I am traveling and don’t have my European field guides at hand. However, I don’t think it’s a Pine Siskin since it has a yellow rump (which the siskin lacks) and doesn’t have enough yellow in the wing. The photo is very dark and taken from above, which also makes it harder to identify. ---
**Author:** ![yellow\_sausage\_bandit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yellow_sausage_bandit/32/394_2.png) [@yellow\_sausage\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellow_sausage_bandit)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/7 "2019-02-07T17:38:34Z")
European Greenfinch? Closest picture I could find: [https://www.hbw.com/sites/default/files/styles/ibc\_1k/public/ibc/p/Car.chlo.jpg?itok=DEwboRvn](https://www.hbw.com/sites/default/files/styles/ibc_1k/public/ibc/p/Car.chlo.jpg?itok=DEwboRvn) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/8 "2019-02-07T18:23:22Z")
Mushroom hunters talk about LBMs (little brown mushrooms). Is there a similar bird category? ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/9 "2019-02-07T18:28:19Z")
Yup, looks like a greenfinch to me. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/10 "2019-02-07T18:31:01Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Mushroom hunters talk about LBMs (little brown mushrooms). > > Is there a similar bird category? LBJ (“Little Brown Job”) for me, some just go with LBB ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/11 "2019-02-07T18:38:00Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > LBJ (“Little Brown Job”) for me, some just go with LBB Heh, cool. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/12 "2019-02-07T19:49:51Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > LBJ (“Little Brown Job”) for me, some just go with LBB LGB’s are also common. “Little Grey Birds” ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/13 "2019-02-08T14:37:05Z")
Not sure if this makes it any clearer, but here is a quick video. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLPIfAlX-vE) ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/14 "2019-02-08T15:38:39Z")
Looks like either a Greenfinch or a Common Chaffinch. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/15 "2019-02-08T15:43:51Z")
Pretty sure it is a greenfinch. Defintely not a [goldfinch](http://www.uksafari.com/goldfinches.htm). They are my favourite bird and they are adorable. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/16 "2019-02-08T15:51:06Z")
Yeah, I first I though goldfinch with winter plumage but being based where you are I’d go with greenfinch. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/17 "2019-02-08T15:55:54Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > Looks like either a Greenfinch or a Common Chaffinch. I think it’s definitely the Greenfinch. Funny you mention the Chaffinch, because I’ve been wondering about the other group of birds that have been eating as well. Now I have names for all three of the bird varieties that have been eating my seeds, Chaffinches, Greenfinches, and Thrushes (Eurasian Blackbirds). Thanks, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/18 "2019-02-08T18:21:57Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Pretty sure it is a greenfinch. Defintely not a [goldfinch](http://www.uksafari.com/goldfinches.htm). They are my favourite bird and they are adorable. Wow! You Brits have much fancier goldfinches than [we do](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Goldfinch/id). To add insult to injury, our finches don’t even come in green. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-is-this/829089/19 "2019-02-08T18:37:12Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > To add insult to injury, our finches don’t even come in green. Well, [Lesser Goldfinchs](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lesser_Goldfinch/id) can get kinda olive green in my area. But the European versions are definitely a bit brighter ;).