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 South Korea.
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Asian Rosy-Finch Leucosticte arctoa (A)
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera (A)
- Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea (A)
- Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus
- Oriental Greenfinch Carduelis sinica
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Yellow-billed Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Long-tailed Rosefinch Uragus sibiricus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of South Korea
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