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Most common species:

Bengalese Finches ... Cordon Bleu Finches / Blue-capped Waxbills... Gold Finches ... Gouldian Finches ... Parrot Finches ... Society Finches ... Spice Finches ... Zebra Finches

Quailfinches

• Red-billed Quailfinches or Black-chinned Quailfinches (Ortygospiza gabonensis)
  • Spectacled Quailfinch or White-chinned Quailfinches (Ortygospiza [gabonensis] fuscocrissa)
• (West) African Quailfinches (Ortygospiza atricollis)
• Locustfinches (Ortygospiza locustella) - sometimes separated in Paludipasser

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African Silverbill (Lonchura cantans)

American or Eastern Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

Antillean Euphonia (Euphonia musica)

Araripe Manakins (Antilophia bokermanni)

Arctic Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni)

Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

Bengalese Finches (Society Finches)

Bicheno Finches (Owl Finches)

Black-headed Munia or Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla, formerly Lonchura malacca atricapilla)

Black Rosy Finch or Black Rosy-finch (Leucosticte atrata)

Black-throated Finches (Poephila cincta cincta)

Black-throated Munia or Jerdon's Mannikin (Lonchura kelaarti)

Black Rosy-Finches (Leucosticte atrata)

Blue-backed Manakins (Chiroxiphia pareola)

Blue-capped Waxbills (Cordon Bleu)

Blue Chaffinches (Fringilla teydea)

Blue-crowned Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia occipitalis)

Blue-hooded or Elegant Euphonia (Euphonia elegantissima)

Blue-naped Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia cyanea)

Bramlings (Fringilla montifringilla)

Bronze-green Euphonia (Euphonia mesochrysa)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finches (Leucosticte australis)

Bullfinches

• Eurasian Bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Cassin's Finches (Carpodacus cassinii)

Chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs)

Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys)

Club-winged Manakins (Machaeropterus deliciosus)

Common Crossbills aka Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra)

Common Redpolls

Cordon Bleu Finches / Blue-capped Waxbills

Crimson Finches (Neochmia phaeton)

Crimson Rumped Waxbills, Sundevall's Waxbill

Crossbills (Fringillidae)

• Common Crossbills aka Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra)
• Hispaniolan Crossbills (Loxia megaplaga)
• Parrot Crossbills (Loxia pytyopsittacus)
• Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra)
• Scottish Crossbills (Loxia scotica)
• Two-barred Crossbills (Loxia leucoptera), known as the White-winged Crossbills in North America

Cut-throat Finch (Amadina fasciata)

Darwin Finches

Diamond Firetail Finches

Elegant Euphonia (Euphonia elegantissima)

Euphonias

• Finsch's Euphonia (Euphonia finschi)
• Fulvous-vented Euphonia (Euphonia fulvicrissa)
• Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis)
• Golden-rumped Euphonia (Euphonia cyanocephala)
• Green-chinned Euphonia (Euphonia chalybea)
• Olive-backed Euphonias (Euphonia gouldi)
• Orange-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia xanthogaster)
• Orange-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia saturata)
• Plumbeous Euphonia (Euphonia plumbea)
• Purple-throated Euphonia (Euphonia chlorotica)
• Rufous-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia rufiventris)
• Scrub Euphonia (Euphonia affinis)
• Spot-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia imitans)
• Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
• Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
• Trinidad Euphonia (Euphonia trinitatis)
• Velvet-fronted Euphonia (Euphonia concinna)
• Violaceous Euphonias (Euphonia violacea)
• White-lored Euphonia (Euphonia chrysopasta)
• White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta)
• Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla)
• Yellow-throated Euphonias (Euphonia hirundinacea)

Eurasian Siskins or just Siskins in Europe

Golden-browed Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia callophrys)

Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala)

Goldfinches:

• European Goldfinch aka Goldfinch
• American or Eastern Goldfinches
• Lawrences Goldfinches
• Lesser or Dark-backed Goldfinches

Gouldian Finch also known as Lady Gouldians Finch or Rainbow Finch (Chloebia gouldiae)

Grass-finches (Emberizoides - finch-like tanagers)

Grassland Yellowfinches (Sicalis luteola)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches (Leucosticte tephrocotis)

Gray Singing Finches

Green Finches or European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)

Green Singing Finches aka Yellow-fronted Canaries (Serinus mozambicus)

Grosbeaks

Hawfinches (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

Hispaniolan Crossbills (Loxia megaplaga)

Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni)

House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus)

Indian Silverbill or White-throated Munia (Lonchura malabarica)

Java Finches, Java Sparrows aka Java Rice Finches (Padda oryzivora)

Lawrence's Goldfinches (Carduelis lawrencei)

Lesser or Dark-backed Goldfinches (Carduelis psaltria)

Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret)

Manakin Finches

• Lance-tailed Manakins (Chiroxiphia lanceolata)
• range-collared Manakin (Manacus aurantiacus)
• White-bearded Manakins (Manacus manacus)
• White-collared Manakins (Manacus candei)
• White-crowned Manakins (Dixiphia pipra)
• White-ruffed Manakins (Corapipo altera)

Mannikins

• Jerdon's Mannikins or Black-throated Munias (Lonchura kelaarti)
• Bronze Mannikins (Lonchura cucullata)
• Nutmeg Mannikin aka Spice Finch (Lonchura punctulata)

Mountain Finches (includes the Rosy Finches)

Munias

• Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla, formerly Lonchura malacca atricapilla)
• Red Avadavats or Red Munias or Strawberry Finches (Amandava amandava)
• Scaly-breasted Munia aka Spice Finch or Nutmeg Mannikin(Lonchura punctulata)

Northern Red Bishop (Euplectes orix)

Orange-cheek Finches / Waxbills (Estrilda melpoda)

Owl Finches (also known as Bicheno Finches or Double-barred Finches)

Painted Finches or Painted Firetails (Emblema pictum)

Parrot Crossbills (Loxia pytyopsittacus)

Parrot Finches

Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)

Pelzeln's Finches, Yellow Finches, Saffron Finches

Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)

Plum-headed Finch (Neochmia modesta) also known as Cherry Finch

Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)

Red-billed Firefinches or Senegal Firefinches (Lagonosticta senegala)

Red-billed Queleas (Quelea quelea)

Red-browed Finches (Neochmia temporali)

Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra)

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)

Red-headed Finches (Amadina erythrocephala), also known as Paradise Finch or Red Headed Weaver

Red Munias or Strawberry Finches or Red Avadavats

Redpolls

Red Siskin (Carduelis cucullata)

Rosey Rump Waxbills, Crimson Rumped Waxbills, Sundevall's Waxbill

Saffron Finches, Pelzeln's Finches, Yellow Finches

Scottish Crossbills (Loxia scotica)

Shaft Tail Finches

Sharp-tailed Finches

Siskins

Society Finches aka Bengalese Finch, Japanese Mövchen Finch, Japanese Movchen Finch (Lonchura domestica)

Spice Finches aka Scaly-breasted Munia, Nutmeg Mannikin (Lonchura punctulata)

Star Finches

Strawberry Finches or Red Munias or Red Avadavats

Striated Finches

Sundevall's Waxbills

Swainson's Canary (Serinus flaviventris)

Two-barred Crossbills (Loxia leucoptera), known as the White-winged Crossbills in North America

Vampire Finches aka Sharp Beaked Finches, Sharp Billed Ground Finches (Geospiza nebulosa)

Village Weavers (Ploceus cucullatus)

Waxbills

• Blue-capped Waxbills (Cordon Bleu)
• Cordon Bleu Finches / Blue-capped Waxbills
• Crimson Rumped Waxbills, Sundevall's Waxbill
• Orange-cheek Finches / Waxbills (Estrilda melpoda)
• Rosey Rump Waxbills, Crimson Rumped Waxbills, Sundevall's Waxbill
• Sundevall's Waxbills

Weavers

Wild Bangalese

White-backed Finches

White-rumped Munia or White-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura striata)

Yellow-bellied Siskin (Carduelis xanthogastra)

Yellow or Swainson's Canary (Serinus flaviventris)

Yellow-collared Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia flavirostris)

Yellow Finches, Pelzeln's Finches, Saffron Finches

Yellow-Rumped Gray Singers, Gray Singing Finches

Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

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