FINCHes and their Allies

Family Fringillidae



Genus Carduelis

Goldfinch, American Carduelis tristis   Found: North America
Photographed by: 1) Gregg Williams  2) Charles Brutlag   3, 4) Dick Daniels in Maine  5 - 7) Dick in North Carolina



Goldfinch, European Carduelis carduelis   Found: North America (some escapees), Europe, Asia, Africa, New Zealand (introduced)
Photographed by: 1) Vladimir Chernyanskiy  2) Dick Daniels in England   3) Dick in New Zealand   4 - 6) Arto Hakola in Finland



Greenfinch, European  Carduelis chloris  Found: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia (introduced), New Zealand (introduced)
Photographed by: 1, 2) Ondrej Marek  3, 4) Marcin Perkowski  5) PetrP
1, 2) Female   3 - 5) Male



Goldfinch, Lesser Carduelis psaltria  Found: The Americas
Photographed by: 1) Derrick Neill  2) John Ennis


Linnet  Carduelis canabinna  Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by: 1 - 3) David Dohnal  4, 5) Florian Andronache



Redpoll, Common Carduelis flammea   Found: Northern parts of North America, Europe, Asia
Redpoll, Hoary aka Artic Redpoll  Carduelis hornemanni  Found: Northern parts of North America, Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1) Jayne Gulbrand 2) Dmitry Maslov


Siskin, Eurasian    aka Siskin  Carduelis spinus Found: Europe, Asia
Photographed by Dmitry Maslov


Siskin, Pine Carduelis pinus   Found: North America
Photographed by Dick Daniels in: 1) New Hampshire  2 - 4) North Carolina


Genus Carpodacus


Finch, Cassin's   Carpodacus cassinii   Found: North America
Photographed by John Ennis


Finch, House Carpodacus mexicanus   Found: North America and Central America, Hawaii
Photographed by Dick Daniels in 1) Hawaii  2) California  3) Georgia  4, 5) North Carolina.     6) Al Mueller   7) Ted Grussing
1, 2) Yellow variants



Finch, Purple Carpodacus purpureus   Found: North America
Photographed by: 1, 2) Gregg Williams  3 - 5) Dick Daniels in North Carolina
5) Female




Genus Coccothraustes

Hawfinch aka Eurpean Grosbeak   Coccothraustes coccothraustes  Found: Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1, 2, 4) Janos Nemeth  3) Pal Teravagimov


Grosbeak, Evening Coccothraustes vespertinus   Found: North America and Central America
Photographed by: 1, 2) Francis Bosse  3) Willie Linn  4) Teresa Gueck 
Most grosbeaks are in Family Cardinalidae.


Grosbeak, Pine Pinicola enucleator   Found: North America
Photographed by:  1) Kimberly Palmer  2) Daniel Hebert
1) Male  2) Female
Most grosbeaks are in Family Cardinalidae



Genus Euphonia
Euphonia, Orange-bellied  Euphonia xanthogaster    Found: South America
Photographed by Marie Daloia



Genus Fringilla

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs   Found: Europe, Africa, New Zealand (introduced)
Photographed by:  1, 2, 4) DIck Daniels in Scotland   5) Dick in New Zealand   3) Maslov Dmitry  6) Avalon Imaging
1 - 3) Male  4 - 6) Female



Brambling Fringilla montifringilla    Found: North America, Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by: 1) Nikolay Titov  2, 3) Pawel Spychala



Genus Himatione
Apapane Himatione sanguinea   Endemic to Hawaii
Photographed by Dick Daniels
2) Possibly a juvenile, but may be misidentified.



Genus Leucosticte
Finch, Brown-capped Rosy  Leucosticte australis Found: North America
Photographed by John Ennis



Genus Loxia
Crossbill, Red Loxia curvirostra  Found: North America, Europe, Asia
Photographed by Jeff Horler



Genus Pyrrhula
Bullfinch aka Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula   Found: Europe, Asia
Photographed by:  1, 2) Arto Hakola  3) Vishnevskiy Vasily  4) Vladimir Chernyanskiy


Bullfinch, Grey-headed  Pyrrhula erythaca   Found: Asia 
Photographed by: Rickshu



Genus Serinus

Canary, Brimstone  Serinus sulphuratus  Found: Southern Africa
Photographed by: David Peta in Kruger National Park, South Africa


Canary, Yellow-fronted Serinus mozambicus  Found: North America (escapees), Africa, Hawaii
Photographed by: 1, 2) Dick Daniels in Hawaii   3, 4) Gerrit_de_Vries


Citril, African Serinus citrinelloides   Found: Africa
Photographed by DIck Daniels in Tanzania



Genus Vestiaria
I'iwi Vestiaria coccinea   Found: Hawaii
Photographed by Dick Daniels on Maui, Hawaii
This is a type of honeycreeper.


Finches of the Galapagos Islands



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