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Acanthis flammea
Family: FringillidaeGenus: Acanthisnative in Germany
native in Germany
EEA Article 12 Birds Directive Reporting 2013-2018 · 90 %
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15
Plants
visited
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18
Interactions
documented
About this species
Acanthis flammea is a small finch belonging to the family Fringillidae. It is recorded from Great Britain and appears in the United Kingdom Species Inventory with an indeterminate presence status. The bird has a slender build, a body mass of around 13 g and a wingspan of 7.58 cm. Detailed natural history records indicate that it can live for up to 25 years, and its reproductive output averages 5 eggs per clutch. Breeding may occur more than once a year, with 1.75 broods typically raised, and the incubation and fledging periods are relatively short: eggs are incubated for 10.5 days and the young leave the nest after 12 days.
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Prey / FoodPlant food
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
7.58 cm
Weight
13 g
Max. Lebensalter
25 Jahre
Fortpflanzung
Wurfgröße / Gelege
5, 1.75× pro Jahr
Bebrütungsdauer
10.5 Tage
Ausflugalter
12 Tage
Geschlechtsreife
~1 Jahre
Scientific profile
Acanthis flammea is a finch in the family Fringillidae. Adults have a body mass of about 13 g and a wingspan of 7.58 cm. The species can attain a maximum lifespan of 25 years. Females lay clutches of 5 eggs, and the incubation lasts 10.5 days. Nestlings fledge at 12 days of age. On average, 1.75 clutches are produced per year.
Visited plants
15 plants are visited by this species
Chenopodium album var. albumAlnus incanaNepeta catariaSetaria viridisPhleum pratense subsp. pratensePortulaca oleraceaAmbrosia artemisiifoliaArtemisia vulgaris subsp. vulgarisAlnus glutinosaBetula pendulaTanacetum vulgareTaraxacum officinaleDactylis glomerata subsp. lobataBetula pubescensCichorium intybus
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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