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 55 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of finches of any country on earth.
- Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Plain Mountain-Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Black-headed Mountain-Finch Leucosticte brandti
- Tawny-headed Mountain-Finch Leucosticte sillemi (E)
- Asian Rosy-Finch Leucosticte arctoa
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Crimson-browed Finch Pinicola subhimachalus
- Blanford's Rosefinch Carpodacus rubescens
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus eos (E)
- Pink-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochrous
- Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Pale Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus
- Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
- Three-banded Rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus
- Spot-winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodopeplus
- White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
- Tibetan Rosefinch Carpodacus roborowskii (E)
- Red-mantled Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochlamys
- Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
- Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
- Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Carduelis spinoides
- Black-headed Greenfinch Carduelis ambigua
- Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea
- Hoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni
- Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Oriental Greenfinch Carduelis sinica
- Twite Carduelis flavirostris
- Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina
- Fire-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
- Tibetan Serin Serinus thibetanus
- Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Gray-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Yellow-billed Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Golden-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
- Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguinea
- Mongolian Finch Rhodopechys mongolica
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Long-tailed Rosefinch Uragus sibiricus
- Scarlet Finch Haematospiza sipahi
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of China
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