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 about 176 species worldwide and 13 species which occur in Malta.
- Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus (A)
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra (A)
- European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
- Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea (A)
- Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula (A)
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githaginea
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Malta