Siskins, Crossbills and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Fringillidae
Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and 9 primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in Germany.
- Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator (A)
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus (A)
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera (A)
- European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
- Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea
- Hoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni (A)
- Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Twite Carduelis flavirostris
- Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Citril Finch Serinus citrinella
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githaginea (A)
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