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Story: Introduced land birds

Female greenfinch

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Female greenfinch

Flocks of greenfinches are easily recognised by their olive-green colour. Females, such as this one at Nga Manu Nature Reserve in Waikanae, incubate the eggs. While on the nest the female is fed by the male.

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Christina Troup, Introduced land birds – Finches, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17179/female-greenfinch (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Christina Troup, published 1 March 2009.