Finches in Illinois
Our list for Illinois has 6 finches recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Illinois in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Pine Siskin 11–14 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- House Finch 13–15 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Evening Grosbeak 16–22 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