Finches in Roscommon
Our list for Roscommon has 7 finches recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 3 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Roscommon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Linnet 13–14 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Bullfinch 14–16 cm
- Greenfinch 14–16 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