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 14 species which occur in Saudi Arabia.
- Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus socotranus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Pale Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus
- European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
- Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina
- Yemen Linnet Carduelis yemenensis
- Olive-rumped Serin Serinus rothschildi
- Yemen Serin Serinus menachensis
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githaginea
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Saudi Arabia
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