Finches in Canada
Our list for Canada has 7 finches recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Canada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Pine Siskin 11–14 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- House Finch 13–15 cm
- Brambling 14–16 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Evening Grosbeak 16–22 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made