Finches in Faroe Islands
Our list for Faroe Islands has 6 finches recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Faroe Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Common Rosefinch 13–15 cm
- Brambling 14–16 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 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