Fringilla coelebs

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Common Names

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Description

Family Fringillidae

A Family of seed-eating, small to moderately large passerine birds that have strong , stubby beaks , which in some species can be quite large. They have a bouncing flight, alternating flapping with gliding on closed wings. Most sing well.

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,620 meters (0 to 8,596 feet).[1]

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.1Forest - Boreal 1.4Forest - Temperate 3.4Shrubland - Temperate 3.8Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation 14.1Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land

Biology

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Fringilla

There are approximately 65 species in this genus:

F. afra · F. angolensis · F. ardens · F. atricollis · F. bichenovii · F. brasiliensis · F. caelebs · F. caelebs forma gengleri Kleinschmidt, 1909 · F. campestris · F. coelebes · F. coelebs (Common 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 (British 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 ssp · F. coelebs syriaca (Levant Chaffinch) · F. coelebs tintillon (Chaffinch) · F. coelebs transcaspia (North-East Iranian Chaffinch) · F. coelebs tyrrhenica (Corsican Chaffinch) · F. coerulescens · F. crissalis · F. formosa · F. grisea · F. kawarahiba · F. macroura · F. manyar · F. melba · F. melpoda · F. montifringill · F. montifringilla (Mountain Finch) · F. montifringilla forma subcuneolata Kleinschmidt, 1909 (Brambling) · F. montifringilla montifringilla (Mountain Finch) · F. moreletti · F. perreini · F. psittacea · F. punicea · F. pustulata · F. rubriventris · F. rufa · F. rutilans · F. sanguinea · F. spodiogenia · F. subflava · F. temporalis · F. teydea (Cab-Nary Island Chaffinch) · F. teydea polatzeki (Blue Chaffinch) · F. teydea teydea (Cab-Nary Island Chaffinch) · F. tintillon · F. tintillon madeirensis · F. troglodytes · F. ultramarina · F. vitellina · F. xanthomaschalis

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 33 providers.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, GEO Biodiversity Day
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Animal Sound Archive Berlin
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• Senckenberg, Collection Aves
• Senckenberg, Collection Aves
• SysTax, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Birds of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Herts Bird Club - Hertfordshire Breeding Bird Atlas : 1988-1992
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre - SWT Scottish Borders Local Wildlife Site Survey data 1996-2000 - species information
• University of Gdansk, Bird Migration Research Station, Ringing Data from the Bird Migration Research Station, University of Gdańsk
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens
• Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, Upper Silesian Museum, Bird Observations

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3850023
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179168
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13774507
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179168
• IUCN ID: 53387
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 136148

Footnotes

1. Mean = 370.790 meters (1,216.503 feet), Standard Deviation = 212.730 based on 11,907 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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