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…

Coccothraustes coccothraustes Photo by Eduardo Balogh (Trek Nature) Common name:hawfinch (en); bico-grossudo (pt); gros-bec casse-noyaux (fr); picogordo común (es); kernbeißer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula north to Britain and southern Scandinavia and east into Turkey and Russia, along the Caucasus and southern Russia into northern Kazakhstan,…

Serinus canaria (Photo from Flickr) Common name:island canary (en); canário-da-terra (pt); serin des Canaries (fr); canario silvestre (es); kanarengirlitz (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:This species is native of the north-eastern Atlantic archipelagos of Madeira, Azores and the Canary islands. It has also been introduced to Bermuda, Puerto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands, and the domestic form is…

Mycerobas carnipes Photo by Isabekov Askar (Birds of Kazakhstan) Common name:white-winged grosbeak (en); bico-grossudo-d’asa-branca (pt); gros-bec à ailes blaches (fr); picogordo aliblanco (es); wacholderkernbeißer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:This species is found in central Asia, from northern Iran, through Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, and into south-eastern Kazakhstan, western and central China, Nepal and northernmost India and Myanmar.Size:Thee birds…

Serinus mozambicus Photo by Myron Tay (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:yellow-fronted canary (en); canário-de-testa-amarela (pt); serin du Mozambique (fr); canario de Mozambique (es); Mosambikgirlitz (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:This species is native from sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania to Ethiopia and south to Angola, Botswana, Mozambique and eastern South Africa. They are popular cage birds and have…