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 37 species which occur in Nepal.
- Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Plain Mountain-Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Black-headed Mountain-Finch Leucosticte brandti
- Crimson-browed Finch Pinicola subhimachalus
- Blanford's Rosefinch Carpodacus rubescens
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Pink-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochrous
- Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Three-banded Rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus
- Spot-winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodopeplus
- White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura
- Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
- Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
- Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Carduelis spinoides
- Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus (A)
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Twite Carduelis flavirostris
- Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina (A)
- Fire-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
- Tibetan Serin Serinus thibetanus
- Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Gray-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Black-and-yellow Grosbeak Mycerobas icterioides
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Golden-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
- Spectacled Finch Callacanthis burtoni
- Mongolian Finch Rhodopechys mongolica (A)
- Scarlet Finch Haematospiza sipahi
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Nepal
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