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 5 species which occur in Chile.
- Thick-billed Siskin Sporagra crassirostris
- Hooded Siskin Sporagra magellanica
- Black-chinned Siskin Sporagra barbata
- Black Siskin Sporagra atrata
- Yellow-rumped Siskin Sporagra uropygialis
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