Finches in Romania
Our list for Romania has 12 finches recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Romania 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
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
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