List of Birds of Thailand - Finches

Finches

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Fringillidae

Finches are small to moderately large seed-eating passerine birds with a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and nine primary flight feathers. Finches have a bouncing flight, alternating bouts of flapping with gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide, of which ten occur in Thailand.

Common name Binomial Status
Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Accidental
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Accidental
Dark-breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis Winter visitor
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Winter visitor
Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus eos Accidental
Black-headed Greenfinch Carduelis ambigua Rare winter visitor
Yellow-billed Grosbeak Eophona migratoria Accidental
Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis Accidental
Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
Scarlet Finch Haematospiza sipahi

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