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Eurasian Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Eurasian Bullfinch, photographed by Tommes Frites

Photo: Tommes Frites · Pexels · Pexels License (licence)

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About the Eurasian Bullfinch

Uncommon to fairly common, but unobtrusive and easily overlooked. Favors mixed woodland and edge, parks, gardens, orchards; also farmland with hedges and wooded patches. Usually found in pairs or small groups, feeding quietly and sluggishly on buds and fruits; does not usually visit feeders. Male handsome and distinctive, with black cap, bright pink cheeks and breast, blue-gray back; female colors muted, but note distinctive black cap, stubby black bill. White rump patch shows mainly in flight. Soft, plaintive whistled notes may draw attention.

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

Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 61 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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