Birds - Bullfinch <i>Pyrrhula pyrrhula</i>
21. Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Bullfinch <i>Pyrrhula pyrrhula</i>
Female Bullfinch, Knutsford, Cheshire, England
The dry, scaly encrustations on this female's leg may be caused
by mites of the genus Knemidocoptes, rather than the Fringilla
papillomavirus
which causes the warty growths on the legs of Chaffinches.
All photographs ©Sheila Blamire 2006
Contact: Sheila Blamire