Finch (34-4)

Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide and 31 species which occur in Pakistan.
  • Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs
  • Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla
  • Plain mountain-finch, Leucosticte nemoricola
  • Black-headed mountain-finch, Leucosticte brandti
Brandt's or Black Headed Mountain Finch --- Khunjrab Top

  • Dark-breasted rosefinch, Carpodacus nipalensis
  • Common rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus
    Common Rosefinch (Male) - Talhar Velly
Common rosefinch (Female) - Rawal Lake


  • Beautiful rosefinch, Carpodacus pulcherrimus
  • Pink-browed rosefinch, Carpodacus rhodochrous
  • White-browed rosefinch, Carpodacus thura
  • Red-mantled rosefinch, Carpodacus rhodochlamys
  • Caucasian great rosefinch, Carpodacus rubicilla
  • Red-fronted rosefinch, Carpodacus puniceus
  • Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra [A]
  • Yellow-breasted greenfinch, Chloris spinoides
Yellow-breasted greenfinch - D-12, Islamabad

  • European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis (A)
  • Twite, Linaria flavirostris
  • Common linnet, Linaria cannabina
  • Fire-fronted serin, Serinus pusillus

  • Brown bullfinch, Pyrrhula nipalensis
  • Orange bullfinch, Pyrrhula aurantiaca
  • Red-headed bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythrocephala
  • Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes
  • Black-and-yellow grosbeak, Mycerobas icterioides
  • Collared grosbeak, Mycerobas affinis
  • Spot-winged grosbeak, Mycerobas melanozanthos
  • White-winged grosbeak, Mycerobas carnipes
  • Spectacled finch, Callacanthis burtoni
  • Crimson-winged finch, Rhodopechys sanguinea
  • Mongolian finch, Rhodopechys mongolica
  • Trumpeter finch, Bucanetes githaginea
  • Desert finch, Rhodospiza obsoleta
  • Pale rockfinch, Carpospiza brachydactyla
  • White-winged snowfinch, Montifringilla nivalis
  • Black-winged snowfinch, Montifringilla adamsi

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