The true finches of family Fringillidae are predominantly seed-eating songbirds. They vary from 9-23 cm. They typically have strong, stubby beaks, which in some species can be quite large. Finches are usually are inhabitants of well-wooded areas, but some can be found on mountains or even in deserts. True finches have a bouncing flight like most small passerines, alternating bouts of flapping with gliding on closed wings. The nests are basket-shaped and usually built in trees.
They are not closely related to the Estrildid Finches.
Genus Acanthis
All redpolls are northern breeding woodland species, associated with birch trees. They are small birds, brown or grey-brown above and with a red forehead patch. The adult male's breast is washed in red, but in females and young birds the buff breast and white belly are streaked with brown. The bill is small and yellow. Some birds, particularly young ones, are difficult to assign to species.
Redpoll,_Common Acanthis flammea Found: Northern parts of North America, Europe, Asia
The Common Redpoll has brown and white plumage; brown steaks on sides; 1 bold white wing-bar 1 fainr wing-bar; red patch on forehead; yellow bill; black patch around bill.
Similar to: Hoary Redpoll. Hoary Redpolls are lighter on the average than are Common Redpoles. This is especially true for a front view.
Image by: 1) D. Gordon E. Robertson - Ottawa, Ontario 2) Eugene Beckes 3, 7, 8) Estormiz - Finland 4) Peter de Wit - Ontario 5) Bill Bouton - Michigan 6) Cephas -
Quebec, Canada Similar to: Hoary Redpoll. Hoary Redpolls are lighter on the average than are Common Redpoles. This is especially true for a front view.
1) Female 5) Male
Redpoll,_Hoary also Artic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Found: Northern parts of North America, Europe, Asia
The Hoary Redpoll has brown and white plumage; pale steaks on flanks; 1 white wing; red forehead; black chin.
Similar to: Common Redpoll. Hoary Redpolls lighter on the average than are Common Redpoles. This is especially true for a front view.
Image by: 1) Sergey Yeliseev - Moscow region 2, 3) Ómar Runólfsson - Iceland 4) dFaulder 5) Seabrook Lechie - Ontario Similar to: Common Redpoll. Hoary Redpolls lighter on the average than are Common Redpoles. This is especially true for a front view.
5) Comparison of female Hoary Redpoll (front) and Common Redpoll (rear). Both are first year.
Redpoll,_Lesser Acanthis cabaret Found: Europe, New Zealand (Introduced)
The male Lesser Redpoll has brown upperparts with darker streaks; red forehead; black chin; buff flanks with dark streaks; whitish belly, under-tail coverts. Female similar but lacks pink on breast and flanks, and has less streaking on flanks.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) MPF - England 4) Aaron_Maizlish - Switzerland
Genus Agraphospiza - 1 species
RoseFinch,_Blanford's Agraphospiza rubescens formerly Carpodacus rubescens Found: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal
The Blanford's Rosefinch was formerly placed in Carpodacus with the other rosefinches. However, both sexes have unstreaked plumage, the bill is thinner and less conical, the wings are more pointed and it has a shorter tail.
Image by: 1) Joseph Smit 2) Michel Ottaviani - Nepal 3) Ken Harvard Francesco_Veronesi - India
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1) Male -top; Female - bottom, 2 Female 3) Male
Genus Bucanetes
Finch,_Mongolian Bucanetes mongolicus Found: Asia
The breeding male Mongolian Finch has a pink flush to face and underpart, There are extensive white and pink areas in the wingss.
Image by:
1) Pkspks 2, 3) Imran_Shah - Pakistan 4) Sergey Yeliseecv - Kazakastan
Finch,_Trumpeter Bucanetes githagineus Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
The breeding male Trumpeter Finch has pale brown upperparts; gray head, neck; red bill; pick breast, rump, tail. Female and nonbreeding male are washed out verstion of breeding male.
Image by: 1) Frank Vassen - Spain 2) Juan Emilo 3) Rachid H 4) Francesco_Veronesi - Morocco
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Genus Callacanthis - 1 species
Finch,_Spectacled Callacanthis burtoni Found: Indian subcontinent
Image by: 1) JM_Garg - India 2) Jon Hornbuckle
1) Female 2) Male
Genus Carduelis
Closely related to genus Serinus. See genus Spinus for New World Goldfinches and Siskins.
Finch,_Citril Found: Europe
The Corsican Finch was formerly considered subspecies of Citril Finch. It has dark-streaked brown upperparts, and brighter yellow underparts than the Citril Finch.
Image by: 1) Antonio Arnaiz-Villena 2) Sandra - France 3) Peter Steward
Finch,_Corsican Carduelis corsicana Found: Corsica, Sardinia, some Italian islands
The Corsican Finch was formerly considered subspecies of Citril Finch. It has dark-streaked brown upperparts, and brighter yellow underparts than the Citril Finch.
Image by: 1) Antonio Arnaiz-Villena 2) Francesco_Veronesi - France Dave Appleton 
GoldFinch,_European Carduelis carduelis Found: North America (some escapees), Europe, Asia, Africa, New Zealand (introduced)
The European Goldfinch has brown upperparts; black and yellow wings; red face; black and-white head; white underparts with buff flanks and breast patches; ivory bill; forked tail. The male has a larger and darker red mask that extends just behind the eye.
Image by:1, 4) Marek Szczepanek - Germany 2) ArminM - Germany 3) Lukasz Lukasik - Poland 5) Cristiano Crolle - Arese. Italy 6) Dick Daniels - New Zealand 
1) Juvenile
Genus Carpodacus
This is the main genus of rosefinches. As the names imply, various shades of red are the characteristic plumage colors.
Finch,_Crimson-browed Carpodacus subhimachalus Found: Asia
The male Crimson-browed Finch has crimson red head, throat; female has yellow head, throat.
Image by:
1) Dibyendu Ash 2) LonelyShrimp 3) Francesco_Veronesi 4) Dave_Curtis - China
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1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Finch,_Scarlet Carpodacus sipahi Found: Himalayas
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Hiyashi_Haka 2) Koshy_Koshy - India 3) Avishka Munje - India
RoseFinch,_Chinese Beautiful Carpodacus davidianus Found: China
The male Beautiful Rosefinch has brown upperparts; pink face, breast; pale belly; brown eye-line, lores. Female has brown upperparts; pale underparts.
Image by:1) John Gerrard Keulemans 2) Dave_Curtis 
2) Female.
RoseFinch,_Chinese White-browed Carpodacus dubius Found: China, Tibet
Chinese White-browed Rosefinch and Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch are sometimes considered subspecies of White-browed Rosefinch.
Image: 1, 2) Dave_Curtis - China 3) Henry_Koh - Tibet
1) Female 2, 3) Male
RoseFinch,_Common Carpodacus erythrinus Found: Europe, Asia
The male Common Rosefinch has a rosy-carmine head, breast, rump; dark brown wings with 2 indistinct wing-bars; off-white underparts. Female and juvenile are dull colored with yellowish-brown upperparts; brighter rump; grayer head; buff underparts.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Imrun_Shah - Pakistan 4) Adam Kumiszcza - Poland
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
RoseFinch,_Dark-rumped Carpodacus edwardsii Found: Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Image by: 1) Dibyendu Ash - India 2) Mike_Prince- India 3) Ron Knight
1) Female 3) Male
RoseFinch,_Great Carpodacus rubicilla Found: Asia
Image by: 1, 2, 3, 4) Imran_Shah - Pakistan
RoseFinch,_Himalayan Beautiful Carpodacus pulcherrimus Found: Himilayas
Image by: 1) Sitron 2) Francesco_Veronesi - India
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RoseFinch,_Himalayan White-browed Carpodacus thura Found: Asia
Chinese White-browed Rosefinch and Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch are sometimes considered subspecies of White-browed Rosefinch.
Image by: 1, 2) Imran_Shah - Pakistan 1) Female 2) Male
RoseFinch,_Long-tailed Carpodacus sibiricus also Uragus sibiricus Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Alpsdake 2) Earehnn 3) Nishimura 4) Flonob_Earehnn - Russia
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
RoseFinch,_Pallas's Carpodacus roseus Found: Asia
The male Pallas's Rosefinch has pinkish with dark streaks upperparts; pink underparts tending to white lower belly; white vent; 2 white wing-bars; whitish crown, throat. Female has brown upperparts with dark streaks; light underparts with pinkish tinge; gray-brown crown.
Image by:
1) Sergey Yeliseev 2) Nishimura 3) Ken
1) Female 2, 3) Male
RoseFinch,_Pale Carpodacus stoliczkae Found: Afghanistan, China
Image by: 1) RB Sharpe 2) Paul Jones
RoseFinch,_Pink-browed Carpodacus rodochroa Found: south Asia, Indonesia
Image by: 1) Soumyajit Nandy 2) Dibyendu_Ash - India 3) Patty McGann 4) Mike_Prince
RoseFinch,_Pink-rumped Carpodacus waltoni Found: China, Thailand
Image by: 1, 2) Pinebird
RoseFinch,_Red-fronted Carpodacus puniceus Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Henrick Gronvold 2) Raineesh Survarna 3) Jens Hansen
RoseFinch,_Red-mantled Carpodacus rhodochlamys Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Francesco_Veronesi - Kazakistan 2, 3) Imran_Shah - Pakistan
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RoseFinch,_Sinai Carpodacus synoicus Found: Sanai Peninsula
Image by: 1) Alastair Rae - Jordan 2) Marcel Holyoak - Israel
1) Male - top; Female - bottom 2) female
RoseFinch,_Spot-winged Carpodacus rhodopeplus Found: India, Nepal
Image by: 1) Sylvere_Corre - Nepal 2) Ross Tsai
1) Female 2) Male
RoseFinch,_Streaked Carpodacus rubicilloides Found: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal
Image by: 1) Biodiversity Heritage Library 2) Toni Lau 3) Henry_Koh - China
2) Female 3) Male
RoseFinch,_Taiwan Carpodacus formosanus Found: Taiwan
Sometimes considered subspecies of Vinaceous Rosefinch.
Image by: 1) A_Giau 2, 3) mapsphotos 4) Lin_Sun_Fong1) Female 2 - 4) Male 3) Moulting male
RoseFinch,_Three-banded Carpodacus trifasciatus Found: Bhutan, China, India
Image by: 1) Josephe Huet 2) Collertsbrothers
RoseFinch,_Tibetan Carpodacus roborowskii Found: Tibetan Plateau of China
Image by: 1) Paul Jones 2) Tang Jun
Rosefinch,_Vinaceous Carpodacus vinaceus Found: China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
The male Vinaceous Rosefinch has mainly wine-red plumage; whitish eye-lines; dark wing coverts; dark and notched tail; gray bill; dark eyes. Female has streaked brown upperprats; lighter underparts; forked tail; dark eyes.
Image by:
1) Tien-Chu_Chang 2) Hiyashi_Haka 3) Afi Chen 4) Nash Chou
Genus Chloris
The greenfinches were previously in genus Carduelis.
Greenfinch,_Black-headed Chloris ambigua Found; China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Esmetanin
Greenfinch,_European Chloris chloris Found: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia (introduced), New Zealand (introduced)
The European Greenfinch has mainly green plumage with yellow on the wings and tail; thick bill. Females are duller with brown tones on the back.
Image by: 1) Andy_Morffew 2, 4) Andreas Trepte 3) Marek Szczepanek 5) Jan_Svetlik
1) Juvenile 2) Female 3 - 5) Male
Greenfinch,_Oriental also Gray-capped Greenfinch Chloris sinica Found: North America, Asia
The Oriental Greenfinch has olive brown upperparts; lighter underparts; yellow wing patches, undertail. Male has gray head, nape; black lores. Female is browner.
Image by: 1, 2) Alpsdake - Japan 3) Aaron Maizlish - China
Greenfinch,_Yellow-breasted Chloris spinoides Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Matej Batha 2) Koshy_Koshy 3) Imran_Shah - Pakistan
Greenfinch,_Vietnamese Chloris monguilloti Found: Vietnam
Image by: 1) Tom Wheatley
Genus Chrysocorythus - 1 species
Serin,_Mountain Chrysocorythus estherae also Serinus estherae Found: Indonesia, Philippines
Image by: 1) Dubi Shapiro
Genus Crithagra
These species aare found in Africa and Arabia. They were formerly place in Serinus.
Canary,_Black-faced Crithagra capistratus Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Biodiversity Heritage Library 2) Nigel Voaden - Zambia
Canary,_Black-throated also Black-throated Seedeater Crithagra atrogularis Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Joseph Mochoge - Kenya 2) Alan Manson 3) Cristiano Crolle - Namibia 4) Ian_White - Botswana
1) Female 2 - 4) Male
Canary,_Brimstone also Bully Canary Crithagra sulphuratus Found: Southern Africa
The Brimstone Canary has yellow-green upperparts with dark green streaking; 2 yellow wing-bars; yellow supercilium, throat;; yellow underparts with greenish wash on flanks and breast; brown bill with pinkish or yellow base.
Image by: 1, 2) Arno Meintjes 3, 4, 5) Dick Daniels - near De Hoop, South Africa 6, 7, 8) Dick - slightly north of Masai Mara in Kenya 9) Joseph Mochoge - Eburu Kenya
Canary,_Forest Crithagra scotops Found: South Africa, Swaziland
Image by: 1) Alan Manson 2, 3) Wilferd_Duckitt
Canary,_Lemon-breasted also Lemon-breasted Seedeater Crithagra citrinipectus Found: southern Africa
The Lemon-breasted Canary has yellow rump; upper part of bill darker than lower. Male has yellow breast; white and yellow cheeck patches. Female has mostly cream and brown plumage.
Image by: 1) P_Khoo 2) Derek_Keats - South Africa
Canary,_Northern Grosbeak Crithagra donaldsoni Found: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Image by: 1) Tong Mu - Kenya 2) Nik_Borrow- Ethiopia 3) Peter Wilton - Ethiopia
1) Female 2, 3) Male
Canary,_Papyrus also Van Someren's canary Crithagra koliensis Found: Africa
Image by: 1, 2) Nik_Borrow - Uganda
Canary,_Protea also Protea Seedeater Crithagra leucoptera Found: South Africa
The Protea Canary has gray-brown upperparts; black chin; white throat; 2 buff thin wing-bars; buff underparts with light streaking. Juvilines are more heavily streaked.
Image by: 1) Callan Cohen 2) Trevor and Margaret Hardaker
Canary,_Southern-Grosbeak Crithagra buchanani Found; Kenya, Tanzania
Image by: 1, 2) Dick Daniels - slightly north of the Masai Mara of Kenya 3) Nik_Borrow - Tanzania
Canary,_White-bellied Crithagra dorsostriatus Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Greg Miles - Kenya 2) Dave Curtis - Kenya 3) Michael and Helen Cox - Kenya 4) Nik_Borrow - Tanzania
1) Female 2 - 4) Male
Canary,_White-fronted also White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis Found: Africa
The White-fronted Canary has mainly dull plumage; yellow-green rump; horn colored bill; brown legs.
Image by: 1) Charles_J_Sharp - Namibia 2) Mercedes Lisón Martín - Namibia 3) Johann du Preez - Zambia.jpg){kind=link}
Canary,_Yellow Crithagra flaviventris Found: Africa
The male Yellow Canary back ranges from almost uniform yellow to streaked olive; yellow underparts, rump. Female has gray-brown upperparts; black wings with yellow flight feathers; pale supercilium; white underparts with brown streaking.
Image by: 1) Alan Manson - South Africa 2) Jerry Oldenettel - Namibia 3) Derek_Keats - South Africa
Canary,_Yellow-fronted also Green Singing Finch Crithagra mozambicus Found: North America (escapees), Africa, Hawaii
The male Yellow-fronted Canary has green back; brown wings, tail; yellow underparts, rump; gray crown, nape; yellow front of head; black malar stripe. Female similar; has weaker head pattern and duller underparts. Juvenile grayer than female, especially on head.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - National Aviary 4, 5) Dick - Hawaii 6, 7, 8) Dick - Kenya
Citril,_African Crithagra citrinelloides Found: Africa
The African Citril is found from Ethiopia, Sudan and Eritrea to western Kenya.
Image by: 1, 2) DIck Daniels - Tanzania 3) Francesco_Veronesi - Kenya 4) Joseph Mochoge - Eburu Kenya _RWD.jpg){kind=link}
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1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Citril,_Western also Yellow-browed Citril Crithagra frontalis Found: central Africa
Image by: David Cook - Uganda 2) Nik_Borrow - Uganda
Seedeater,_Black-eared Crithagra mennelli Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Maans_Booysen - Mozambique
Seedeater,_Brown-rumped Crithagra tristriatus Found: Africa
The Brown-rumped Seedeater has uniform gray-brown plumage; white supercilium; white under the chin. The brown rump is usually not visible.I t is found in the highlands of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. It is widespread in towns, villages gardens, plantations and upland heath.
Image by: 1) Alastair Rae 2) Brian Butcher - Ethiopia 3) Nik_Borrow - Ethiopia
Seedeater,_Principe Crithagra rufobrunneus Found: South Africa
Image by: 1, 2) Muchaxo
Seedeater,_Reichard's Crithagra reichardi Found: Africa
Image by: 1, 2) Lip Kee
Seedeater,_Reichenow's also Yellow-rumped Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi Found: eastern Africa
Image by: 1) Joseph Mochoge - Gilgil, Kenya 2) ChriKo - Kenya 3) Dave Curtis - Kenya
Seedeater,_Salvadori's also Salvadori's Serin Crithagra xantholaemus Found: Ethiopia
Image by: 1) Allan Drewitt
Seedeater,_Streaky Crithagra striolatus Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Steve Garvie - Mountain Lodge, Mount Kenya 2) Dick Daniels - Kigio Wildlife Conservancy (near Gilgil), Kenya 3, 4) Joseph Mochoge - Kenya
Seedeater,_Streaky-headed also Streaky-head Canary Crithagra gularis Found: Africa
The Streaky-headed Seedeater has brown upperparts with some faint streaking; plain brown rump; white finely streaked crown; darker face; white supercilium, chin; warm buff underparts. The sexes are similar, but some females show faint streaking on breast. Juvenile has less head streaking; duller supercilium.
Image by: 1) Dick Daniels - Plettenberg Bay, South Africa 2) Alan_Manson- South Africa 3) JMK - South Africa
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Seedeater,_Tanzania Crithagra melanochrous Found: Tanzania
Image by: 1) Louis Hansen
Seedeater,_Thick-billed Crithagra burtoni Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Nik_Borrow - Tanzania
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Seedeater,_Yellow-browed Crithagra whytii Found: Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans
Seedeater,_Yellow-throated also Yellow-throated Serin Crithagra flavigula Found: Ethiopia
Image by: 1) Pete Wilson 2) Nik_Borrow - Ethiopia
Serin,_Ankober Crithagra ankoberensis formerly Carduelis ankoberensis Found: Ethiopia
The Ankober has brown upperparts; buff streaking on head, breast.
Image by: 1) Sergey Yeliseev 2) Nik_Borrow - Ethiopia
Serin,_Olive-rumped also Arabian Serin Crithagra rothschildi Found: Saudi Arbi, Yemen
Image by: 1) Ammadoux
Serin,_Yellow-rumped Crithagra xanthopygius Found: Eritrea, Ethiopia
Image by: 1) Francesco_Veronesi - Kenya 2) Dave_Curtis - Kenya
Serin,_Yemen Crithagra menachensis Found: Saudi Arabia
Image by: 1) Hans and Jan Eriksen
Siskin,_Cape Crithagra totta Found: Cape Provence of South Africa
The male Cape Siskin has light brown upperparts; yellow underparts; yellowish gray and olive head, nape, sides of neck. Female similar; lacks gray on head; more streaking on head, breast.
Image by:
1) Craig Adam 2) Logan_kahle
1) Female 2) Male
Siskin,_Drakensberg Crithagra symonsi Found: South Africa
The male Drakensberg Siskin has faintly streaked light brown upperparts; light brown wing coverts, rump, upper-tail; yellow underparts; yellowish-gray head and nape sides; bright yellow throat; duller rest of underparts. Female has similar but duller upperparts; buff head and underparts.
Image by; 1) Alan Manson 2, 3) Patty McGann 
1) Female , 32) Male
Genus Eophona
The Oriental Grosbeaks
Grosbeak,_Japanese Eophona personata Found: east Asia
The Japanese Grosbeak has brownish-gray back; mainly black head; yellow bill; dull gray underparts.
Image by:
1) Nishijmura
2) Francesco_Veronesi - Japan 3) Lin_Sun_Fong - Taiwan
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Grosbeak,_Yellow-billed also Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria Found: Asia
The Yellow-billed Grosbeak has a yellow bill with a black tip when breeding. Male has black head.
Image by: 1, 2) Charles Lam 3) Pokopong 4) Kevin Lin 5) Ansel.Ma
1, 2 ) Female 3 - 5) Male
Genus Fringilla
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Found: North America (infrequent), Europe, Asia, Africa
The Brambling has orange breast; white belly; dark spotted flank; white rump. Breeding male has dark upperparts; black head, bill. Females and nonbreeding males have yellow bill.
Similar to: Chaffinch. Male Chaffinch has blue-gray crown; male Brambling has black head. Chaffinch has white shoulder patch and white wing-bar.
Similar to: Evening Grosbeak. Male Brambling has orange front of neck; male Evening Grosbeak has black neck front. Male Evening Grosbeak has white wing; male brambling doesn't.
Image by: 1 ) Marcin Moga - Poland 2) Frans Schouwenburg - Rotterdam 3) Allan_Hopkins - United Kingdom 4) Byerly - Asia 5) Chris
Cant 6) Angie & Chris Pye 7) Marek Szczepanek 8) Rene Jakobson 9) Cristiano Crolle - Arese, Italy Steve_GarvieSimilar to: Chaffinch. Male Chaffinch has blue-gray crown; male Brambling has black head. Chaffinch has white shoulder patch and white wing-bar.
Similar to: Evening Grosbeak. Male Brambling has orange front of neck; male Evening Grosbeak has black neck front. Male Evening Grosbeak has white wing; male brambling doesn't.
1, 2, 3) Female 5, 6) nonbreeding male 7, 8) breeding male
ChafFinch,_Blue Fringilla teydea Found: Canary Islands
The male Blue Chaffinch has mainly blue plumage, brighter while breeding; gray bill. Female has gray-brown plumage; pale white wing-bars.
Image by: 1) Ekaterina Chernetsova 2, 3) Bartkauz 4) Marcel Holyoak 
1, 2) Female 3) Breeding male 4) Male
Chaffinch,_Common also Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Found: Europe, Africa, New Zealand (introduced)
The Common Chaffinch has generally buff plumage; dark wings; white shoulder patch; a broad white wing-bar; gray-green rump; . Breeding male has blue-gray crown, nape; reddish underparts; gray bill. Female and nonbreeding male are drabber; dull pinkish bill.
Similar to: Brambling. Male Chaffinch has blue-gray crown; male Brambling has black head. Chaffinch has white shoulder patch and white wing-bar.
Image by: 1) freebird4 2) 4028mdk09 3) Corine_Bliek 4, 5) Dick Daniels - New Zealan, Scotland 6) Andreas_Trepte Similar to: Brambling. Male Chaffinch has blue-gray crown; male Brambling has black head. Chaffinch has white shoulder patch and white wing-bar.
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1, 2, 3) Female 4 - 6) male
Genus Linaria
Linnet, Eurasian also Linnet Linaria cannabina Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
The Eurasian Linnet has brown upperparts; gray bill. Breeding male has gray nape; red head patch; red breast. Female has buff streaked underparts.
Similar to: Twite. Linnet has red head patch and breast; Twite brown.
Image by: 1) Zambog - Scotland 2, 3) Charles_J_Sharp - Morocco 4) Edwyn Anderton 5) andy li - Xinjiang, China 66) Joe Pell - England 7) Cristiano Crolle - Texel, Holland Similar to: Twite. Linnet has red head patch and breast; Twite brown.
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1, 2) Female 3 - 7) Male
Linnet, Warsangli Linaria johannis Found: Somalia
Image by: 1) Charles Davies
Linnet, Yemen Linaria yemenensis Found: mountains of Arabia
Image by: 1) Henrick Gronvold 2) Adel Hilal
Twite Linaria flavirostris Found: Europe, Asia
The Twite has brown streaked with black upperparts; pink rump; white to buff upperparts with streaking on breast. Yellow (winter) or gray (summer) bill. Name comes from its call: twit.
Similar to: European Linnet. Linnet has red head patch and breast; Twite brown.
Image by: 1) Imran_Shah - Pakistan 2) Frank Vassen - Netherlands 3) Mike Pennington Similar to: European Linnet. Linnet has red head patch and breast; Twite brown.
Genus Linurgus - 1 species
Also consider part of Serinus
Finch,_Oriole Linurgus olivaceus Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Dick Daniels - specimen in Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 2, 3) Antonio Armaiz-Villena
Genus Loxia
Crossbills are specialist feeders on conifer cones, and the unusual bill shape is an adaptation to assist the extraction of the seeds from the cone. These birds are typically found in higher northern hemisphere latitudes, where their food sources grows. They will erupt out of the breeding range when the cone crop fails. Crossbills breed very early in the year, often in winter months, to take advantage of maximum cone supplies.
Crossbill, HIspaniolan Loxia megaplaga Found: Haiti, Dominican Republic
The Hispaniolan Crossbill has dark wings with two bold white wing-bars.
Image by: 1) Rafy_Rodriguez 2) Jose Pantaleon
Crossbill,_Parrot Loxia pytyopsittacus Found: Europe, Asia
The male Parrot Crossbill tends to be red or orange in colour, and females green or yellow, but there is much variation.
Image by:
1) Tero Laakso 2) Hennie_Cuper - Netherlands 3) Ron Knight - England 4) MPF
Crossbill, Red Loxia curvirostra Found: North America, Europe, Asia, Africa
The male Red Crossbill tends to be red or orange, females tend to be green or yellow, but there is much variation. There are 9 different variants which evolved to feed on different species of conifer seeds. It has blackish-brown wings, tail.
Similar to: White-winged Crossbill. The White-winged Crossbill has white wing-bars, the Red Crossbill does not.
Image by: 1) Mary Harrsch - Oregon 2) Alastair Rae - England 3) Alan D. Wilson - Oregon 4) dfaulder 5, 6, 7) Alan - Oregon 8) Elaine R Wilson - OregonSimilar to: White-winged Crossbill. The White-winged Crossbill has white wing-bars, the Red Crossbill does not.
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1) Edited out adult to focus on juvenile 2) Juvenile 3, 4) Female 5 - 8) Male
Crossbill, Scottish Loxia scotica Found: Scotland
Image by: 1) Stuart Anthony 2) Peter Smith
1) Female 2) Male
Crossbill, White-winged also Two-barred Crosswing Loxia leucoptera Found: North America, Europe, Asia
The species has has two subspecies: White-winged Crossbill (Eurasian) Loxia leucoptera bifasciata and White-Winged Crossbill (North America) Loxia
leucoptera leucoptera. The male tends to be red or pinkish, females green or yellowish, but there is much variation. They have white wing-bars.
Similar to: Pine Grosbeak. White-winged Crossbill has a crossed bill, shorter tail, and is smaller than Pine Grosbeak.
Similar: Red Crossbill. The White-winged Crossbill has white wing-bars, the Red Crossbill does not.
Image by: 1) Bob Devlin - New Jersey 2, 6)
Dominic Sherony
3) Michelle
St.Sauveur -
Rhode Island 4) John Harrison - Massachusetts 5) Kent McFarland - Vermont 7) MPF - YorkshireSimilar to: Pine Grosbeak. White-winged Crossbill has a crossed bill, shorter tail, and is smaller than Pine Grosbeak.
Similar: Red Crossbill. The White-winged Crossbill has white wing-bars, the Red Crossbill does not.
1, 2, 3) Female 4, 5, 6) Male
1 - 6) L. l. leucoptera 7) L. l. bifasciata
Genus Mycerobas
These are the largest finches of the family
Grosbeak,_Black-and-Yellow Mycerobas icterioides Found: Indian Subcontinent
Similar to: Collared Grosbeak. The male Black-and-yellow Grosbeak has yellow nape; male Collared Grosbeak has black nape. Female Black-and-yellow Grosbeak has no yellow; female Collared Grosbeak has yellowish underparts.
Image by:
1) Pkspks 2) Geetanjalidhar 3) JM_Garg 4) Pkspks
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1) Female 2 - 4) Male
Grosbeak,_Collared Mycerobas affinis Found: Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
The male Collared Grosbeak has glossy black hea,; wings, tail; brownish collar; yellow rest of plumage. Female has olive-green back; gray head; yellowish underparts.
Similar to: Black-and-yellow Grosbeak. The male Black-and-yellow Grosbeak has yellow nape; male Collared Grosbeak has black nape. Female Black-and-yellow Grosbeak has no yellow; female Collared Grosbeak has yellowish underparts.
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1) John Gould 2)Tang_Jun - China 3) Prosenjit_Singha_Deo - BhutanSimilar to: Black-and-yellow Grosbeak. The male Black-and-yellow Grosbeak has yellow nape; male Collared Grosbeak has black nape. Female Black-and-yellow Grosbeak has no yellow; female Collared Grosbeak has yellowish underparts.
2) Female 3) Male
Grosbeak,_Spot-winged Mycerobas melanozanthos Found: southeast Asia
Image by: 1) John Gould 2) Thet Zaw Naing - Myanmar 3) Jerry Oldenettel 4) David Cook - Buhtan
2) Female 3, 4) Male
Grosbeak,_White-winged Mycerobas carnipes Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Sergey Yeliseev 2, 3, 4) Ymran_Shah - Pakistan
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male ,
Genus Pinicola - 1 species
Grosbeak,_Pine Pinicola enucleator Found: North America, Europe (rarely)
The Pine Grosbeak has long black tail; black wings with white wing-bars; thick bill. Male has rose-red head, back, rump. Female has olive-yellow head, rump; gray back, underparts.
Similar to: White-winged Crossbill. White-winged Crossbill has a crossed bill, shorter tail, and is smaller than Pine Grosbeak.
Image by: 1) Daniel Arndt - Alberta, CA 2) Bill Bouton - Michigan 3) MDF 4, 5) Martha
Jong-Lantink - Finland 6) Ron_KnightSimilar to: White-winged Crossbill. White-winged Crossbill has a crossed bill, shorter tail, and is smaller than Pine Grosbeak.
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1, 2, 3) Female 4, 5, 6) Male
Genus Procarduelis - 1 species
RoseFinch,_Dark-breasted Procarduelis nipalensis Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Dibyendu Ash - India 2) Francesco_Veronesi - India 3) Anon_Ray - Bengal
1, 2) Female 3) Male
Genus Pyrrhoplectes - 1 speces
Finch,_Golden-naped Pyrrhoplectes epauletta Found: Asia
Image by:1) Mike_Gurney - India 2, 3) Dibyendu Ash - India 4) Ajit_Hota - India
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Genus Pyrrhula Closely related to Pinicola
Bullfinches have glossy black wings, tail feathers; white rump; brown legs. Their short, swollen bill is adapted to eat buds. The males can be distinguished by their orange or red breast.
Bullfinch also Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Found: Europe, Asia
The Eurasian Bullfinch has gray upperparts; black flight feathers, cap, face bill; white rump. Male has red underparts; female has gray-buff underparts.
Image by: 1) Francis Franklin 2) Simon Eugster 3) Siga 4) Francis_Franklin - United Kingdom
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
BullFinch,_Azores Pyrrhula murina Found: Azores
The Azoes Bullfinch has black cap, face, wings, tail; rest grayish.
Image by: 1) Joseph Wolf 2) putneymark
Bullfinch,_Brown Pyrrhula nipalensis Found: Asia
The Brown Bullfinch has grayish-brown mantle; grayish head, nape; lighter gray underparts; black rear-upperparts.
Image by: 1) 2015 Hank 2) Peiwen Chang - Taiwan 3) Dave_Curtis
Bullfinch,_Gray-headed Pyrrhula erythaca Found: Asia
The Gray-headed Bullfinch has a gray back, head, nape; black face, wings tail.. The male has orange-brown or lavendar-brown undertparts depending on the subspecies. Female has browner underparts. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Taiwan.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Hiyashi Haka 4) Hank 5) Patko_Erica
1) Pair 2 - 5) Male
BullFinch,_Orange Pyrrhula aurantiaca Found: India, Pakistan
Image by: 1) Dkritiman Mukherjee
Bullfinch,_Red-headed Pyrrhula erythrocephala Found: Asia
Image by: 1, 2) Dibyendu_Ash - India 3) Sp Herp
1) Male -top; Female bottom 2) Female 3) Male
BullFinch,_White-cheeked Pyrrhula leucogenis Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans 2) Neon Rosell
Genus Rhodopechys - 1 species
Finch,_Crimson-winged Rhodopechys sanguineus Found: Africa, Asia, Europe
The Crimson-winged Finch has mainly light brown plumage; pinkish pattern on wings, tail; black cap; white mid-belly.
Image by: 1) Sergey_Yeliseev 2) Ron Knight 3, 4) Imran_Shah - Pakistan 
Genus Rhodospiza - 1 species
Finch,_Desert Rhodospiza obsoleta Found: south Asia
The Desert Finch has mainy sand colored plumage; lighter underparts; white on folded wings; some pink on wing. Make has stouter and blacker bill.
Image by: 1) Jan Svetlik2) Ron Knight 3) Marcel Holyoak - Israel1) Female 2, 3) Male
Genus Serinus
These species mostly found in Africa, but some also found in Asia. The majority of species are small to medium sized birds with green and yellow, often streaky plumage. Many former members of Serinus are now placed in Crithagra.
Canary also Common Canary also Island Canary Serinus canaria Found: Canary Islands, Azors, Madeira
The male Island Canary has yellow-green underparts, head; yellower head, supercilium; gray-green breast; yellow-green belly becoming whiter towards rump. Female duller with grayer head, breast; underparts less yellow. The bird is named after the Canary Islands.
Image by: 1, 2) Haplochromis 3, 4)
Juan Emilio 5, 6, 7, 8) Dick Daniels- Butterfly World
Canary,_Black-headed Serinus alario Found: southern Africa
The male Black-hooded Canary has rich brown upperparts, tail; black head, central breast; rest of underparts white. Female has dull gray head.
Image by: 1, 2) Alan Manson 3) Pinned
1) Female 2) Male
Canary,_Cape Serinus canicollis Found: Africa
The male Cape Canary has a green back with black edging to the wings and tail; yellow underparts, rump, tail; white lower-belly; gray rear head, neck. Female similar with less gray on head.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Oudtshoorn, South Africa 4) Cristiano Crolle - Kirstenbosch Garden, South Africa
Canary,_Yellow-crowned Serinus flavivertex Found: Africa
The male Yellow-crowned Canary has green back; yellow underparts with white lower belly.
Image by: 1, 2) Joseph Mochoge - Gilgil, Kenya 3) Rickard Holgersson - Tanzania
Serin,_European Serinus serinus Found: Europe, Africa
The European Serin has dark-streaked grayish-green upperparts; yellow breast; white belly. Male has brighter yellow face and belly than female.
Image by: 1) Jose Sousa - Portugal 2) Agustin_Povedano - Spain Cristiano Crolle - Arese, Italy 3) Janofonsagrada 4) Le No 1) Female 2 - 4) Male
Serin,_Red-fronted also Fire-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus Found; Asia
Image by: 1, 2) Imran_Shah - Pakistan 3) Dibyendu Ash - India 4) Alastair Rae - Kazakhstan
Serin,_Syrian Serinus syriacus Found: southwest Asia
Image by: 1, 2) Marcel Holyoak - Israel
Siskin,_Ethiopian also Abyssinian Siskin Serinus nigriceps Found: Ethiopia
Image by: 1) Brian Butcher 2) Pascal Bernardin 2, 3) Nik_Borrow
Family Urocynchramidae
Genus Urocynchramus - 1 species
Rosefinch,_Przevalski's also Pink-tailed Bunting Urocynchramus pylzowi Found: mountains of central-west China
The Pink-faced Bunting has a long tail with outer feathes shorter than center feathers. Male has pink on throat, underparts;
Image by: 1) Paul_Jones