Finches in Tunisia
Our list for Tunisia has 7 finches recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tunisia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisScarceUncommon12–13 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Serin 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Linnet 13–14 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Greenfinch 15–16 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 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