Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Gryskoppie
Common Names in Catalan:
Pins
Common Names in Dutch:
Vink
Common Names in English:
Chaffinch, Common Chaffinch
Common Names in French:
Pinson Des Arbres
Common Names in German:
Buchfink, Europ
Common Names in Hebrew:
פרוש מצוי
Common Names in Italian:
Fringuello, Fringuello Europeo
Common Names in Japanese:
ズアオアトリ
Common Names in Latin:
Fringilla coelebs coelebs,
Common Names in Russian:
Zyablik, Зяблик
Common Names in Spanish:
Pinzón Común, Pinzón Vulgar
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
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- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
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- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
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- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
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)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
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)
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
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- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
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)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Parvorder:
Passerida
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- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
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)
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- Family:
Fringillidae
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)
- Subfamily:
Fringillinae
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- Genus:
Fringilla
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
coelebs
- Subspecies:
coelebs
- Scientific name: - Fringilla coelebs coelebs
- Subspecies:
coelebs
- Specific name:
coelebs
- Genus:
Fringilla
(
- Subfamily:
Fringillinae
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- Family:
Fringillidae
(
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
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- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Fringilla
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:
F. coelebs (Eurasian Chaffinch) · F. coelebs africana (Chaffinch) · F. coelebs alexandrovi (Chaffinch) · F. coelebs balearica (Iberian Chaffinch) · F. coelebs canariensis (Central Canary Islands Chaffinch) · F. coelebs caucasica (Caucasian Chaffinch) · F. coelebs coelebs (Common Chaffinch) · F. coelebs gengleri (Chaffinch) · F. coelebs maderensis (Chaffinch) · F. coelebs moreletti (Azores Chaffinch) · F. coelebs ombriosa (Hierro Chaffinch) · F. coelebs palmae (Chaffinch) · F. coelebs sarda (Sardinian Chaffinch) · F. coelebs schiebeli (Chaffinch) · F. coelebs solomkoi (Crimean Chaffinch) · F. coelebs spodiogenys (Tansanian Chaffinch) · F. coelebs syriaca (Levant Chaffinch) · F. coelebs tintillon (Chaffinch) · F. coelebs transcaspia (North-East Iranian Chaffinch) · F. coelebs tyrrhenica (Corsican Chaffinch) · F. montifringilla (Mountain Finch) · F. montifringilla forma subcuneolata Kleinschmidt, 1909 (Brambling) · F. montifringilla montifringilla (Mountain Finch) · F. teydea (Cab-Nary Island Chaffinch) · F. teydea polatzeki (Blue Chaffinch) · F. teydea teydea (Cab-Nary Island Chaffinch)
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Further Reading
- A hand-list of British birds, with an account of the distribution of each species in the British Isles and abroad. By Ernst Hartert, F. C. R. Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst and H. F. Withersby. London, Witherby, 1912. url p. 19, p. 225.
- A hand-list of genera and species of birds of the Indian empire, by E. C. Stuart Baker. .. Bombay, Printed by order of the committee of the Bombay natural history society[1923] url p. 103.
- A practical handbook of British birds, edited by H.F. Witherby. .. London, Witherby, 1920-24. url p. 92.
- Ardea. Amsterdam, etc., Nederlandse Ornithlogische Unie, etc. url p. 43, p. 75.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 395.
- Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1959] url p. 223, p. 303, p. 440, p. 441.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 204.
- Guide to the birds of Europe and North Africa. With a biographical memoir by William Eagle Clarke. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1923. url p. 27.
- The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 506.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1715488
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2601700
