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Fringillidae

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Fringillidae

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Also known as finches, finch, fringillids

The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches generally have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usually resident and do not migrate. They have a worldwide native distribution except for Australia and the polar regions. The family Fringillidae contains more than two hundred species divided into fifty genera. It includes the canaries, siskins, redpolls, serins, grosbeaks and euphonias, as well as the morphologically divergent Hawaiian honeycre

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Fringillidae is a family of birds within the order Passeriformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The scientific name for this taxon is Fringillidae, which is also its canonical name. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia. The family is commonly referred to as finches.

The taxonomic status of Fringillidae is accepted, with the authority cited as Vigors, 1825. According to WoRMS, the habitat for this family includes marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. In the United States, records for the family have been documented by institutions including CM and UTEP.

Data from various sources indicate the presence of this family in scientific literature and databases. PubMed lists 139 entries associated with the query Fringillidae. Additionally, iDigBio holds 562 records and 13 media items related to the family. The subject is referenced by 1,325 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

finches

Fringillidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyFringillidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded100,358,423

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
562
With media
13
Family
Fringillidae
Collections
CM, UTEP
Recorded in
United States
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Research

139 papers

via PubMed

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Systematics and taxonomy
  • Fossil record
  • Description
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Behaviour
  • List of genera
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches generally have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usually resident and do not migrate. They have a worldwide native distribution except for Australia and the polar regions. The family Fringillidae contains more than two hundred species divided into fifty genera. It includes the canaries, siskins, redpolls, serins, grosbeaks and euphonias, as well as the morphologically divergent Hawaiian honeycreepers.

Many birds in other families are also commonly called "finches". These groups include the estrildid finches (Estrildidae) of the Old World tropics and Australia; some members of the Old World bunting family (Emberizidae) and the New World sparrow family (Passerellidae); and the Darwin's finches of the Galapagos islands, now considered members of the tanager family (Thraupidae).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fringillidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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