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The family Fringillidae are the "true" finches. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 239 species in the family, distributed among three subfamilies and 50 genera. Confusingly, only 79 of the species include "finch" in their common names, and several other families include species called finches.
Finch. The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches generally have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts 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 native distribution except ...
Darwin's finches. Darwin's finches (also known as the Galápagos finches) are a group of about 18 species of passerine birds. [1][2][3][4] They are well known for their remarkable diversity in beak form and function. [5] They are often classified as the subfamily Geospizinae or tribe Geospizini. They belong to the tanager family and are not ...
Estrildidae. Estrildidae, or estrildid finches, is a family of small seed-eating passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They comprise species commonly known as munias, mannikins, firefinches, parrotfinches and waxbills. Despite the word "finch" being included in the common names of some species, they are not closely related ...
Eurasian chaffinch. The Eurasian chaffinch, common chaffinch, or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family. The male is brightly coloured with a blue-grey cap and rust-red underparts. The female is more subdued in colouring, but both sexes have two contrasting white wing bars ...
The small ground finch is the smallest of the ground finches, measuring 11 cm (4.3 in) in length. [ 8 ] [ nb 1 ] Its beak is short and pointed, with a slightly curved culmen . [ 8 ] On average, its beak is smaller than that of the medium ground finch , but there is a significant overlap in size between the two, particularly on islands where ...
Society finch. The Society finch (Lonchura striata domestica), also known as the Bengali finch or Bengalese finch, is a domesticated subspecies of finch. It became a popular cage and trade bird after appearing in European zoos in the 1860s through being imported from Japan, though it was domesticated in China.
The painted finch is a small passerine that is 10–12 cm in length and weighs around 11.5 g. Male painted finches have a red forehead and face that stand out in contrast to the black breast of individuals. A bright red patch in the middle of the breast is present, while the sides of the breast, belly and flanks are black with white spots.