brendank

Agree, a number of the Hawfinches (most of which were photographed in Russia) seem to have a similar pattern of "scraping" on the upper mandible.

Does anyone have a sense of whether Hawfinch is a more common or more uncommon species in the bird markets?

brendank

This picture isn't very clear but it does seem to have some scratching on the upper mandible.

http://orientalbirdimages.org/bi ... amp;Bird_Family_ID=