Finches in Portugal
Our list for Portugal has 11 finches recorded regularly there: 7 residents and 4 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRecorded all year
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year
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