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? True Finches |
Evening Grosbeak
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| Scientific classification |
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Animalia
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Chordata
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Aves
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| Order: |
Passeriformes
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| Family: |
Fringillidae
Vigors, 1825 |
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Genera
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Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, the many species of which are found chiefly in the northern hemisphere, but also to a limited extent in Africa and South America.They are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and 9 primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. Their nests are basket-shaped and built in trees.A group of finches is called a charm.
 Species - Contents
- Family Fringillidae
- Subfamily Fringillinae - Fringilline finches; contains only three species, which feed their young on insects rather than seeds.
- Genus Fringilla - Bramblings and chaffinches
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Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
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Blue Chaffinch (Fringilla teydea)
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Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
- Subfamily Carduelinae - Cardueline finches; a much larger group that contains several genera which feed their young on seeds.
- Genus Serinus - Canaries, seedeaters, serins and some siskins
- Genus Carduelis - Linnets, redpolls, goldfinches, greenfinches, some siskins.
- Genus Carpodacus - Rosefinches
- Genus Loxia - Crossbills
- Genus Mycerobas - Grosbeaks
- Genus Neospiza - Sao Tomé Grosbeak
- Genus Linurgus - Oriole Finch
- Genus Rhynchostruthus - Golden-winged Grosbeak
- Genus Leucosticte - Mountain finches
- Genus Calacanthis - Red-browed Finch
- Genus Rhodopechys - Trumpeter Finch and relatives
- Genus Uragus - Long-tailed Rosefinch
- Genus Urocynchramus - Przewalski's Rosefinch
- Genus Pinicola - Pine grosbeaks
- Genus Haematospiza - Scarlet Finch
- Genus Pyrrhula - Bullfinches
- Genus Coccothraustes - Hawfinch, Evening Grosbeak
- Genus Eophona - Oriental grosbeaks
- Genus Pyrrhoplectes - Gold-naped Finch
There are many other birds in other groups which are called finches, notably the very similar-looking Estrildids or waxbills, which occur in the Old World tropics and Australia.Some of the closely related sparrows are also named as "finches", as are some buntings.
- Some other Cardueline finch species not listed above:
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Sao Tome Grosbeak (Neospiza concolor)
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Oriole Finch (Linurgus olivaceus)
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Golden-winged Grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus socotranus)
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Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
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Crimson-browed Finch (Pinicola subhimachalus)
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Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
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Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
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Hooded Grosbeak (Coccothraustes abeillei)
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Yellow-billed Grosbeak (Eophona migratoria)
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Japanese Grosbeak (Eophona personata)
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Black-and-yellow Grosbeak (Mycerobas icterioides)
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Collared Grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis)
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Spot-winged Grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos)
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White-winged Grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)
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Gold-naped Finch (Pyrrhoplectes epauletta)
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Spectacled Finch (Callacanthis burtoni)
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Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguinea)
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Trumpeter Finch (Rhodopechys githaginea)
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Mongolian Finch (Rhodopechys mongolica)
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Desert Finch (Rhodopechys obsoleta)
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Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)
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Scarlet Finch (Haematospiza sipahi)
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