Finches in Finland
Our list for Finland has 14 finches recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 3 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Finland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Serin 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Linnet 13–14 cm
- Twite 13–14 cm
- Common Rosefinch 13–15 cm
- Greenfinch 14–16 cm
- Bullfinch 14–16 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Brambling 14–16 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Parrot Crossbill 16–18 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