Finches in Russia
Our list for Russia has 14 finches recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 7 summer visitors and 3 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Jul
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
- Bullfinch 14–16 cm
- Chaffinch 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