List of Birds of Bermuda - Finches

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.

  • Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator (A)
  • Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus (A)
  • Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra (A)
  • White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera (A)
  • Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea (A)
  • Pine Siskin Spinus pinus (A)
  • American Goldfinch Spinus tristis (A)
  • European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis (I)
  • Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus (A)

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