Finches in Greece
Our list for Greece has 12 finches recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Greece in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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