Bird genealogy >> Order Passeriformes >> Family Prunellidae
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Location

Near Arthur Pass, South island
New Zealand

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 416 mm
Exposure 1/500, f/5.6, ISO 1250 
Image size 800 x 533 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Heckenbraunelle Dutch  Heggenmus
Italian  Passera scopaiola europea Spanish  Acentor Común

Comments

A common European introduced species in New Zealand. It looks like a House Sparrow, but has a thin bill and a song which is described as a thin hurried warble.




 

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    18/03/2011

Dunnock
Prunella modularis
Accenteur mouchet

Micheline JACQUEMIN