Hawfinch

Scientific Name: Coccothraustes coccothraustes

The genus and the species names are identical. The first part of the Latin name is from the Greek, kokkos, meaning "grain" and thrauein, meaning "to scatter". See, The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds by John K. Terres (December 1987), pg. 333.

Hawfinch Birds of Japan (picture)

Hawfinch Birds of Alsace (picture)