Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Fringillidae
The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches generally have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usually resident and do not migrate. They have a worldwide native distribution except for Australia and the polar regions. The family Fringillidae contains more than two hundred species divided into fifty genera. It includes the canaries, siskins, redpolls, serins, grosbeaks and euphonias, as well as the morphologically divergent Hawaiian honeycreepers.
Many birds in other families are also commonly called "finches". These groups include the estrildid finches (Estrildidae) of the Old World tropics and Australia; some members of the Old World bunting family (Emberizidae) and the New World sparrow family (Passerellidae); and the Darwin's finches of the Galapagos islands, now considered members of the tanager family (Thraupidae).
60 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 214 known species
Siskins and New World Goldfinches
genusSpinus
American Rosefinches
genusHaemorhous
Chaffinches and Brambling
genusFringilla
Eurasian Goldfinches and Citril Finches
genusCarduelis
Greenfinches
genusChloris
Bullfinches
genusPyrrhula
Linnets and Twite
genusLinaria
Typical Serins and Allies
genusSerinus
Redpolls
genusAcanthis
Typical Euphonias
genusEuphonia
Crossbills
genusLoxia
Coccothraustes
genusCoccothraustes
Typical Rosefinches
genusCarpodacus
African Seedeaters, Serins, Canaries, and Citrils
genusCrithagra
Evening and Hooded Grosbeaks
genusHesperiphona
Pinicola
genusPinicola
Chlorophonias and Blue-hooded Euphonias
genusChlorophonia
Rosy-Finches and Asian Mountain-Finches
genusLeucosticte
East Asian Grosbeaks
genusEophona
ʻApapane and Laysan Honeycreeper
genusHimatione
ʻAmakihis
genusChlorodrepanis
Trumpeter and Mongolian Finches
genusBucanetes
Mamos and ʻIʻiwi
genusDrepanis
Himalayan Grosbeaks
genusMycerobas
ʻAkepas and Allies
genusLoxops
Rhodospiza
genusRhodospiza
Procarduelis
genusProcarduelis
Nukupu'us and ʻAkiapolaʻau
genusHemignathus
Rhodopechys
genusRhodopechys
ʻAlauahios
genusParoreomyza
Palilas
genusLoxioides
Pyrrhoplectes
genusPyrrhoplectes
Magumma
genusMagumma
Linurgus
genusLinurgus
Hawaiian Finches
genusTelespiza
Golden-winged Grosbeaks
genusRhynchostruthus
Agraphospiza
genusAgraphospiza
Eurasian Goldfinches and Citril Finches × Eurasian Serins and Canaries
genushybridCarduelis × Serinus
Callacanthis
genusCallacanthis
Oreomystis
genusOreomystis
Pseudonestor
genusPseudonestor
Serinus × Spinus
genushybridSerinus × Spinus
Palmeria
genusPalmeria
Eurasian Goldfinches and Citril Finches × Greenfinches
genushybridCarduelis × Chloris
Mountain Serins
genusChrysocorythus
Linaria × Serinus
genushybridLinaria × Serinus
Psittirostra
genusPsittirostra
Koa Finches
genusRhodacanthis
Orthiospiza
genusOrthiospiza
'Akialoas
genusAkialoa
Cone-billed and Ridge-billed Finches
genusXestospiza
Gapers
genusAidemedia
Redpolls × Siskins and New World Goldfinches
genushybridAcanthis × Spinus
Hawaiian Palmcreepers
genusCiridops
Viridonia
genusViridonia
Dysmorodrepanis
genusDysmorodrepanis
Hawaiian Grosbeaks
genusChloridops
Drepanis × Himatione
genushybridDrepanis × Himatione
Carduelis × Spinus
genushybridCarduelis × Spinus
Loxia × Spinus
genushybridLoxia × Spinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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