Finch Statistics: Range, Length, Clutch-size and Incubation Periods

African Silverbills (Euodice malabarica cantana or Lonchura cantans)

• Range: Southwestern Saudi Arabia to Somalia and central Tanzania

American or Eastern Goldfinches, (Carduelis tristis)

• Range: North America

Araripe Manakins (Antilophia bokermanni)

• Range: Chapado de Araripe (Araripe uplands) in the Brazilian state of Ceará in the north eastern of the country

Arctic Redpolls (Carduelis hornemanni)

• Range: Brazil

Aurora Finches (Pytilia phoenicoptera)

• Range: Senegal to northern Uganda

Bar-breasted Firefinches (Lagonosticta rufopicta)

• Range: Gambia to southern Sudan and southeastern Uganda

Baya Weavers (Ploceus philippinus)

• Range: South and Southeast Asia

Bengalese Finches (Society Finches), Lonchura striata

• Range: Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Malaysia, and Sumatra

Bicheno Finches / Owl Finches (Poephila bichenovii)

• Range: Northern, interior, and eastern Australia

Black-billed Firefinches (Lagonosticta rara)

• Range: Sierra Leone to western Kenya, Africa

Black-cheeked Waxbills (Estrilda erythronotos)

• Range: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, Africa

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

• Range: Southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines

Black Rosy Finches or Black Rosy-finches (Leucosticte atrata)

• Range: Western United States

Black-rumped Waxbills (Estrilda troglodytes)

• Range: Senegal to Uganda and southwestern Saudi Arabia

Black-throated Finches (Poephila cincta cincta)

• Range: Cape York Peninsula to northern New South Wales in Australia.

Black-throated Munias or Jerdon's Mannikins (Lonchura kelaarti)

• Range: Southwest India, the Eastern Ghats and Sri Lanka

Blue-backed Manakins (Chiroxiphia pareola)

• Range: Southern Colombia, eastern Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil in the northeast and the Amazon basin, and in Tobago

Blue-breasted Cordon Bleu Finches or Blue-capped Waxbills (Uraeginthus cyanocepha)

• Range: Southern Africa

• Range: Southern Africa

Blue Chaffinches (Fringilla teydea)

• Range: Canary Islands

Bramlings (Fringilla montifringilla)

• Range: Northern Europe and Asia

Bronze Mannikins (Lonchura cucullata)

• Range: Along rivers of sub-Sahara Africa

Brown-capped Rosy-Finches (Leucosticte australis)

• Range: Rocky Mountains of the United States

Cassin's Finches (Carpodacus cassinii)

• Range: Western North America

Chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs)

• Range: New Zealand

Cherry Finches (Aidemosyne modesta)

• Range: Interior Queensland and New South Wales, Australia

Chestnut-breasted Finches (Lonchura castaneothorax)

• Range: New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia

Chestnut Munias (Lonchura atricapilla, formerly Lonchura malacca atricapilla)

• Range: Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, western Myanmar, Java, Bali

Club-winged Manakins (Machaeropterus deliciosus)

• Range: Andes Mountains of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador

Common Crossbills aka Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra)

• Range: North America, Europe and Asia

Common Redpolls

• Range: Ireland, Great Britain and neighbouring parts of Europe up to Norway, and the Alps

Common Waxbills (Estrilda astrild)

• Range: Tropical and southern Africa

Cordon Bleu Finches / Blue-capped Waxbills (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus)

• Range: Africa

Crimson Finches (Neochmia phaeton)

• Range: Northern Australia and southern New Guinea

Crimson Rumped Waxbills, Sundevall's Waxbills (Estrilda Rhodopyga)

• Range: Kenya, Ethiopia and southern Sudan. Originated in East Africa

Cut-throat Finches (Amadina fasciata)

• Range: Sub-Sahara from western Africa to the Red Sea and eastern Africa to Transvaal and Botswana

Dark Firefinches (Lagonosticta rubricata)

• Range: Savannas of western, eastern, and southern Africa

Diamond Firetail Finches (Emblema guttata)

• Range: Southern Queensland to South Australia

Dybowski's Twinspots (Euschistospiza dybowskii)

• Range: Sierra Leone to northeastern Congo

Eurasian Bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

• Range: Europe and temperate Asia

Eurasian Siskins or just Siskins in Europe

• Range: Northern temperate Europe and into Russia

Evening Grosbeaks (Coccothraustes vespertinus)

• Range: Canada and the western mountainous areas of the United States and Mexico

Golden-breasted Waxbills (Amandava subflava)

• Range: Saudi Arabia and areas of sub-Saharan Africa

Golden-headed Manakins (Pipra erythrocephala)

• Range: Panama, Colombia and Trinidad south and east to the Guianas and Brazil and northern Argentina

European Goldfinches aka Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis)

• Range: Europe and most of Asia

American or Eastern Goldfinches (Carduelis tristis)

• Range: Southern British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to California, Utah, southern Colorado, central Oklahoma, Arkansas, and the Carolinas.

Lawrences Goldfinches (Carduelis lawrencei)

• Range: Central and southern California, west of Sierra Nevada and south into Baja California. Winters south and east to extreme western Texas

Lesser or Dark-backed Goldfinches (Carduelis psaltria)

• Range: SW United States to Venezuela and Peru

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

• Range: Northern Australia, except Cape York Peninsula

Grassland Yellowfinches (Sicalis luteola)

• Range: South America, from Colombia south and east to the Guianas and central Ecuador, Peru and Brazil

Green Finches or European Greenfinches (Carduelis chloris)

• Range: Europe, north Africa and south west Asia

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

• Range: Africa south of the Sahara Desert

Green Twinspots (Mandingoa nitidula)

• Range: Southern Ethiopia to northern Angola and Natal

Grey-crowned Rosy-Finches (Leucosticte tephrocotis)

• Range: Alaska to the northwestern United States

Grey-headed Munias (Lonchura caniceps)

• Range: Southern Ethiopia to Lake Victoria

Grey Singing Finches (Serinus leucopygius)

• Range: Northern Africa

Hawfinches (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

• Range: Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Vietnam

Hispaniolan Crossbills (Loxia megaplaga)

• Range: Island of Hispaniola in the West Indies

Hoary Redpolls - 2 racec:

• Greenland Arctic Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni) of Greenland and neighbouring parts of Canada
• Hoary Redpoll (C. h. exilipes): Tundra of northern North America

House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus)

• Range: Mexico and the southwestern United States

Indian Silverbills or White-throated Munias (Lonchura malabarica)

• Range: South Asia

Jameson's Firefinches (Lagonosticta rhodopareia)

• Range: Eritrea to Transvaal and Angola

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

• Range: Java and Bali

Jerdon's Mannikins or Black-throated Munias (Lonchura kelaarti)

• Range: Southwest India, the Eastern Ghats and Sri Lanka

Lance-tailed Manakins (Chiroxiphia lanceolata)

• Range: Tropical Central and South America from Costa Rica to northern Venezuela

Lawrence's Goldfinches (Carduelis lawrencei)

• Range: Central California, and its southern coast, in the United States to Baja California in Mexico

Lavender Waxbills (Estrilda caerulescens)

• Range: Senegal to Cameroon

• Range: SW United States to Venezuela and Peru

Lesser Redpolls (Carduelis cabaret)

• Range: Ireland, Great Britain and neighbouring parts of Europe up to Norway, and the Alps

Long-tailed Grassfinches (Poephila acuticauda)

• Range: Northern Australia west of the Gulf of Carpentaria

Magpie Mannikins (Lonchura fringilloides)

• Range: Forests of sub-Sahara Africa

Masked Grassfinches (Poephila personata)

• Range: Northern Australia east to northwestern Queensland

Melba Finches (Pytilia melba)

• Range: Tropical Africa

Northern Red Bishop Finches (Euplectes orix)

• Range: Africa south of the Sahara Desert

Nutmeg Mannikins or Spice Finches (Lonchura punctulata)

• Range: Tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines

Olive-backed Euphonias (Euphonia gouldi)

• Range: Caribbean lowlands and foothills from southern Mexico to western Panama

Orange-cheek Finches (Estrilda melpoda)

• Range: Western and Eastern Africa, including: Gambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, and Zambia

Orange-collared Manakins (Manacus aurantiacus)

• Range: Costa Rica and western Panama

Orange-winged Pytilias (Pytilia afra)

• Range: Southern Ethiopia to Mozambique and Angola

Oriental Greenfinches (Carduelis sinica)

• Range: Aleutians and Pribilofs

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

• Range: Northern and eastern Australia

Painted Finches (Emblema pictum or Emblema picta)

• Range: Northwestern Australia to western Queensland

Parrot Crossbills (Loxia pytyopsittacus)

• Range: Northwest Europe and into western Russia.

Parrot Finches (Erythrura Psittacea) also known as the red-throated or red-faced parrot finch

• Range: New Caledonia grasslands or open country bordering forested areas

Blue-faced Parrot-finches (Erythrura trichroa)

• Range: New Guinea, Molucca Islands, Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes) - part of the Maluku island group in Indonesia Group, Indonesia Cape York Peninsula, and New Hebrides

Red-headed Parrot-finches (Erythrura psittacea)

• Range: New Caledonia

Parson Finches (Poephila cincta cincta)

• Range: Cape York Peninsula to northern New South Wales, Australia

Peter's Twinspots (Hypargos niveoguttatus)

• Range: Kenya to Mozambique and Angola

Pictorella Finches (Lonchura pectoralis)

• Range: Northern Australia from west coast to east coast

Pine Grosbeaks (Pinicola enucleator)

• Range: Canada, Alaska and the western mountains of the United States, and in northern Fennoscandia

Pin-tailed Parrot-finches (Erythrura prasina)

• Range: Thailand and Laos to Indonesia

• Range: Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Taiwan, Luzon, Malaysia, Indonesia

Pine Siskins (Carduelis pinus)

• Range: Southern Alaska, Mackenzie, Quebec, and Newfoundland south to California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Great Lakes region, and northern New England

Plum-headed Finches or Cherry Finches (Aidemosyne modesta)

• Range: Interior Queensland and New South Wales, Australia

Purple Finches (Carpodacus purpureus)

• Range: Northern Canada. Migrate to the southern United States

Purple Grenadiers (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster)

• Range: Southern Ethiopia to southern Tanzania, Africa

African Quail-finches or Quailfinches (Ortygospiza articollis)

• Range: Liberia to Lake Chad and from southern Sudan to Zimbabwe, Africa

Red Avadavats aka Red Munias or Strawberry Finches (Amandava amandava)

• Range: Southwestern China, India, and Southeast Asia

Red-billed Firefinches or Senegal Firefinches (Lagonosticta senegala)

• Range: Senegal to Eritrea and areas south to Angola and Natal, Africa

Red-billed Queleas (Quelea quelea)

• Range: Sub-Saharan Africa

Red-browed Finches (Neochmia temporali)

• Range: East Australia

• Range: North America, Europe and Asia

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Finches (Uraeginthus bengalus)

• Range: Senegal to Tanzania and Angola, Africa

Red-headed Finches (Amadina erythrocephala)

• Range: Kalahari Desert, South Africa, and Botswana

• Range: Southwestern China, India, and Southeast Asia

Red Siskins (Carduelis cucullata)

• Range: Tropical South America in northern Colombia and northern Venezuela

Rosey Rump Waxbills or Crimson Rumped Waxbills, Sundevall's Waxbill (Estrilda Rhodopyga)

• Range: Kenya, Ethiopia and southern Sudan. Originated in East Africa

Saffron Finches, Pelzeln's Finches, Yellow Finches (Sicalis flaveola)

• Range: South America

• Range: Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Taiwan, Luzon, Malaysia, Indonesia

Scottish Crossbills (Loxia scotica)

• Range: Scotland

Shaft Tail Finches

• Range: Australia

• Range: Southern Asia from the South Asia east to southern China and Indonesia

Silverbills (Lonchura malabarica)

• Range: North Africa to India

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

• Range: China

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

• Range: Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Taiwan, Luzon, Malaysia, Indonesia

Star Finches (Neochmia ruficauda)

• Range: Northern Australia

Strawberry Finches or Red Munias or Red Avadavats (Amandava amandava)

• Range: India. Naturalised populations exist in southern Spain and Hawaii

• Range: Southern Asia from the South Asia east to southern China and Indonesia

• Range: Kenya, Ethiopia and southern Sudan. Originated in East Africa

Swee Waxbills (Estrilda melanotis)

• Range: Southern Sudan to South Africa

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

• Range: Alaska, Canada, northernmost USA and across Asia extending into northeast Europe.

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

• Range: Wolf Island, also known as Isla Wolf (Galapagos Islands)

Village Weavers (Ploceus cucullatus)

• Range: Sub-Saharan Africa, and has been introduced to Haiti

Violaceous Euphonias (Euphonia violacea)

• Range: Trinidad, Tobago and eastern Venezuela south to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina

Violet-eared Waxbills (Uraeginthus granatina)

• Range: Angola and Zambia to Namibia and Zimbabwe, Africa

• Range: Southern Asia from the South Asia east to southern China and Indonesia

White-backed Finches or White-backed Munias (Lonchura striata)

• Range: Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Malaysia, and Sumatra

White-bearded Manakins (Manacus manacus)

• Range: South America. It is found from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Bolivia and northern Argentina

White-collared Manakins (Manacus candei)

• Range: Southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica and the extreme west of Panama

White-crowned Manakins (Dixiphia pipra)

• Range: Costa Rica to northeastern Peru and eastern Brazil

White-haired Munias (Lonchura maja)

• Range: Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, and Bali

White-ruffed Manakins (Corapipo altera)

• Range: Eastern Honduras to northwestern Venezuela.

White-rumped Munias or White-rumped Mannikins (Lonchura striata)

• Range: Southern Asia from the South Asia east to southern China and Indonesia

White-winged Crossbills (Loxia leucoptera)

• Range: Alaska, Canada, northernmost USA and across Asia extending into northeast Europe.

Yellow-bellied Siskins (Carduelis xanthogastra)

• Range: Costa Rica south to southern Ecuador, central Bolivia and the highlands of northwestern Venezuela

Yellow Finches, Pelzeln's Finches, Saffron Finches (Sicalis flaveola)

• Range: South America

Yellow-Rumped Gray Singers, Gray Singing Finches or Grey Singing Finches (Serinus leucopygius)

• Range: Northern Africa

Yellow-rumped Finches (Lonchura flaviprymna)

• Range: Interior, northern, and northwestern Australia

Yellow-winged Pytilias (Pytilia hypogrammica)

• Range: Sierra Leone to Lake Chad

Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata or Poephila guttata)

• Range: Australia, except for northwestern, southeastern, and southwestern coasts