Finches in Japan
Our list for Japan has 9 finches recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 4 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Japan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaScarceRare10–11 cm
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