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.
- Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica
- Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea
- Green-chinned Euphonia Euphonia chalybea
- Golden-rumped Euphonia Euphonia cyanocephala
- Chestnut-bellied Euphonia Euphonia pectoralis
- Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea
- European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris (I)
- Thick-billed Siskin Carduelis crassirostris
- Hooded Siskin Carduelis magellanica
- Black-chinned Siskin Carduelis barbata
- Black Siskin Carduelis atrata
- Yellow-rumped Siskin Carduelis uropygialis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis (A)
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