Fringillidae

Uragus sibiricus Photo by M. Nishimura (Wikipedia) Common name:long-tailed rosefinch (en); peito-rosado-rabilongo (pt); roselin à longue queue (fr); camachuelo colilargo (es); meisengimpel (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Fringillidae Range:This species breeds in two separate regions of Asia, one from southern Siberia southwards into northern Mongolia and eastwards into south-eastern Russia and northern Japan, the other region is…

Serinus pusillus Photo by Giorgi Rajebashvili (Georgian Biodiversity Database) Common name:fire-fronted serin (en); chamariz-de-testa-vermelha (pt); serin à front d’or (fr); verdecillo de frente roja (es); rotstirngirlitz (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:This species is found from Turkey and Jordan, through the Caucasus and Iran, and into central Asia as far east as Xinjiang in north-western China, and the…

Serinus totta Photo by Steve Hinton (Steve Hinton Wildlife Photography) Common name:Cape siskin (en); canário-do-Cabo (pt); serin totta (fr); canario de El Cabo (es); Hottentottengirlitz (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:This species is endemic to South Africa, only being found in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces.Size:These birds are 12-13 cm long and weigh 10-20 g.Habitat:The Cape siskin…

Carpodacus mexicanus Photo by John Benson (Wikipedia) Common name:house finch (en); peito-rosado-doméstico (pt); roselin familier (fr); carpodaco doméstico (es); hausgimpel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:This species is originates from Mexico, the western United States and southern British Columbia and Alberta in Canada. They were introduced in New York in the 1940s and have since colonized eastern North…