Noble finches
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Chaffinch ( Fringilla coelebs ), male |
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| Leach , 1820 | ||||||||||||
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| Linnaeus , 1758 |
The noble finches ( Fringilla ) are a species poor in species in the monogeneric subfamily of the Fringillinae within the family of the finches (Fringillidae). Within the finches they are closely related to the goldfinch-like (Carduelinae). The genus includes four species: the chaffinch , which occurs in forest areas from Europe and North Africa to Western Siberia, the Tey's finch , which is endemic to the Canary Islands , and the mountain finch , which breeds in the northern taiga and southern tundra of Eurasia; in addition, Fringilla polatzeki has been included in the genus since 2016 .
species
- Chaffinch ( Fringilla coelebs )
- Mountain Finch ( Fringilla montifringilla )
- Teydefink ( Fringilla teydea )
- Fringilla polatzeki
Reproduction
The nest created in trees or bushes consists mainly of plant material and is padded with feathers or hair. The mating season lasts approximately from the end of April to June; Chaffinches and mountain finches can raise two broods.
literature
- Christopher M. Perrins (Ed.): The FSVO encyclopedia birds of the world. Translated from the English by Einhard Bezzel. BLV, Munich / Vienna / Zurich 2004, ISBN 978-3-405-16682-3 (Title of the original English edition: The New Encyclopedia Of Birds. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003).
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Sangster, Felipe Rodríguez-Godoy, CS Roselaar, Magnus S. Robb and Jolanda A. Luksenburg. 2016. Integrative Taxonomy reveals Europe's Rarest Songbird Species, the Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch Fringilla polatzeki . Journal of Avian Biology. DOI: 10.1111 / jav.00825