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Common Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Chaffinch, photographed by WildPixar

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About the Common Chaffinch

Common in varied wooded and forested habitats, parks, gardens, farmland with hedges and scattered trees. Forms flocks in winter; often visits garden feeders. Handsome, brightly colored male is distinctive, with bluish cowl, pink face and breast, black-and-white wing pattern (colors muted in winter). Female much drabber but shares male pattern; especially note the complex wing pattern. Both sexes have white outer tail feathers, often striking in flight such as when flushed.

Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made

Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 90 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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