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Fringilla (bramblings and chaffinches)

Synonyms: Coelebs; Struthus; Tringilla

Wikipedia Abstract

The genus Fringilla is a small group of finches from the Old World, which are the only species in the subfamily Fringillinae. The genus name Fringilla is Latin for "finch". The four species are: \n* Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) \n* Gran Canaria blue chaffinch (Fringilla polatzeki) \n* Tenerife blue chaffinch (Fringilla teydea) \n* Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) The common chaffinch is found primarily in forest habitats, in Europe, North Africa, and western Asia; the blue chaffinch is an island endemic; and the brambling breeds in the northern taiga and southern tundra of Eurasia.
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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0