Finches in China
Our list for China has 15 finches recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 6 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Oct–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Chestnut Munia 10–11 cm
- Scaly-breasted Munia 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Twite 13–14 cm
- Linnet 13–14 cm
- Desert Finch 13–14 cm
- Common Rosefinch 13–15 cm
- Brambling 14–16 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Greenfinch 14–16 cm
- Bullfinch 14–16 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Hawfinch 17–18 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