Finches in Latvia
Our list for Latvia has 14 finches recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 5 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Latvia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
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
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Bullfinch 14–16 cm
- Greenfinch 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