Finches in Turkey
Our list for Turkey has 13 finches recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 4 summer visitors and 2 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Turkey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
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