Chaffinches and Brambling
Fringilla
The genus Fringilla is a small group of finches from the Old World, which are the only species in the subfamily Fringillinae. The genus name Fringilla is Latin for "finch".
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Common Chaffinch
speciesFringilla coelebs
Brambling
speciesFringilla montifringilla
Madeiran Chaffinch
speciesFringilla maderensis
Azores Chaffinch
speciesFringilla moreletti
African Chaffinch
speciesFringilla spodiogenys
Canary Islands Chaffinch
speciesFringilla canariensis
Tenerife Blue Chaffinch
speciesFringilla teydea
Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch
speciesFringilla polatzeki
Common Chaffinch × Brambling
hybridFringilla coelebs × montifringilla
Fringilla coelebs × spodiogenys
hybridFringilla coelebs × spodiogenys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 10068.