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finch
📅 Updated:2020-04-27
🕒 Created:2016-08-15
🆔 ID:12773
Description
The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds 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 distribution except for Australia and the polar regions.
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 American sparrow family (Passerellidae); and the Darwin's finches of the Galapagos islands, now considered members of the tanager family (Thraupidae).
Species
- true_finch (Fringillidae)
Unrelated "Finch" Species
- estrildid - Estrildid finches
- antpecker
- bluebill
- crimsonwing
- Erythrura (genus)
- gouldian_finch (E. gouldiae)
- parrotfinch
- firefinch
- firetail
- locust_finch
- Lonchura (genus)
- java_sparrow (L. oryzivora)
- munia
- white-rumped_munia (L. striata)
- society_finch (L. s. domestica)
- white-rumped_munia (L. striata)
- mannikin
- nigrita
- oliveback
- painted_finch
- pytilia
- quailfinch
- seedcracker
- silverbill
- Taeniopygia (genus)
- double-barred_finch (T. bichenovii)
- zebra_finch (T. guttata
- twinspot
- waxbill
- galápagos_finch - Also known as Darwin's finches.
External links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finch
