Finches
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 24 species which occur in Afghanistan.
- Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Plain Mountain-Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Black-headed Mountain-Finch Leucosticte brandti
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Pale Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus
- White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
- Red-mantled Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochlamys
- Caucasian Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
- Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
- Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Twite Carduelis flavirostris
- Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina
- Fire-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Black-and-yellow Grosbeak Mycerobas icterioides
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguinea
- Mongolian Finch Rhodopechys mongolica
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githaginea
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Afghanistan