Fringillidae

Carduelis carduelis Photo by Franck Renard (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:European goldfinch (en); pintassilgo-comum (pt); chardonneret élégant (fr); jilguero (es); stieglitz (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of Europe, from the Mediterranean to southern Scandinavia, including the British Isles, and east into central Asia as far east as western Mongolia and China and…

Leucosticte atrata (Photo from Planet of Birds) Common name:black rosy finch (en); tentelhão-rosado negro (pt); roselin noir (fr); pinzón rosado negro (es); rosenbauch-schneegimpel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:This species is endemic to the western United States, breeding in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and marginally in Oregon and Nevada. Outside the breeding season they wander a bit further…

Carpodacus purpureus Photo by Simon Barrette (Wikipedia) Common name:purple finch (en); peito-rosado-púrpura (pt); roselin pourpré (fr); carpodaco morado (es); purpurgimpel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Fringillidae Range:This North American species is found breeding in southern and western Canada, along the west coast of the United States down to southern California and in the north-eastern United States. The more…

Carduelis magellanica Common name:hooded siskin (en); pintassilgo-de-cabeça-preta (pt); chardonneret de Magellan (fr); cabecitanegra común (es); Magellanzeisig (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:This South American species is found in central Venezuela, through eastern Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and into central and southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.Size:These birds are 10-14 cm long and weigh 11-15 g.Habitat:The hooded siskin…

Carduelis chloris Photo by J. Romãozinho (Pescador de Aves) Common name:European greenfinch (en); verdilhão (pt); verdier d’Europe (fr); verderón común (es); grünfink (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Fringillidae Range:This species is found throughout most of Europe, with the exception of northern Scandinavia, northern Russia and Iceland. They are also found in north-west Africa, from Morocco to Tunisia,…

Pinicola enucleator (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:pine grosbeak (en); pintarroxo-de-bico-grosso (pt); dubec des sapins (fr); camachuelo picogrueso (es); hakengimpel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:These birds are widely distributed in the northern parts of America and Eurasia, being found in Alaska, Canada and the northern United States, as well as Scandinavia, Russia, Mongolia, north-eastern China and northern Japan.Size:They…

Loxia scotica Photo by David Whitaker (Wild Photo Forum) Common name:Scottish crossbill (en); cruza-bico-escocês (pt); bec-croisé d’Écosse (fr); piquituerto escocés (es); Schottland-kreuzschnabel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Caledonian Forests of Scotland, in the eastern Highlands, with core areas in Nairn, Moray and Banff, extending down into lower Deeside, and in Sutherland. Size:These birds…

Eophona migratoria Photo by Tim Edelsten (Birds Korea) Common name:yellow-billed grosbeak (en); bico-grossudo-chinês (pt); gros-bec migrateur (fr); pepitero de cola negra (es); weißhand-Kernbeißer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:These birds breed in south-eastern Russia, Korea, Mongolia and eastern China, and migrate south to winter in southern China and Taiwan, in Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.Size:The yellow-billed grosbeak is 16-18 cm…