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Finches

Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae Links: Finches

Seed-eating passerine birds that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. There are about 176 species worldwide, 21 in Britain.

Note: birds have not been kept together with similar names on this page, common varieties have been moved to the top.

Bird	Latin	Links	Notes
Siskin (Eurasian)	Carduelis spinus	Eurasian Siskin RSPB
Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla	Brambling RSPB
Bullfinch (Eurasian)	Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Eurasian Bullfinch RSPB BBC
Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	Chaffinch RSPB BBC
Greenfinch (European)	Carduelis chloris	European Greenfinch RSPB BBC
Goldfinch (European)	Carduelis carduelis	European Goldfinch RSPB BBC
Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes	Hawfinch RSPB
Crossbill (Common)	Loxia curvirostra	Common Crossbill RSPB
Scottish Crossbill	Loxia scotica	Scottish Crossbill RSPB
Lesser Redpoll	Carduelis cabaret	Lesser Redpoll RSPB
Twite	Carduelis flavirostris	Twite RSPB
Linnet (Eurasian)	Carduelis cannabina	Eurasian Linnet RSPB
Pine Grosbeak	Pinicola enucleator	Pine Grosbeak	very rare vagrant
Rosefinch (Common)	Carpodacus erythrinus	Common Rosefinch	rare vagrant
Parrot Crossbill	Loxia pytyopsittacus	Parrot Crossbill	rare vagrant
Two-barred Crossbill	Loxia leucoptera	Two-barred Crossbill	rare vagrant
Redpoll (Common)	Carduelis flammea	Common Redpoll	vagrant
Arctic Redpoll	Carduelis hornemanni	Arctic Redpoll	vagrant
Serin (European)	Serinus serinus	European Serin	vagrant
Evening Grosbeak	Coccothraustes vespertinus	Evening Grosbeak	very rare vagrant
Trumpeter Finch	Rhodopechys githaginea	Trumpeter Finch	very rare vagrant

By: Keith Park	Section: Wildlife	Key:
Page Ref: finches	Topic: Birds	Last Updated: 03/2010

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