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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Clade: | Nine-primaried oscines |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Fringillinae Leach, 1820 |
| Genus: | Fringilla Linnaeus, 1758 |
The genus Fringilla is a small group of finches from the Old World, which are the only species in the subfamily Fringillinae. The three species are:
- Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
The Chaffinch is found primarily in forest habitats, in Europe, North Africa, and western Asia; the Blue Chaffinch is an island endemic; and the Brambling is breeds in the northern taiga and southern tundra of Eurasia.[1]
They are about the same size, 15 centimetres (5.9 in), and are similar in shape.[1] These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings.[2] They are not as specialised as the other finches, eating both insects and seeds. While breeding, they feed their young on insects rather than seeds, unlike the other finches.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Newton, Ian (1973). Finches. New Naturalist 55. New York: Taplinger. ISBN 0-8008-2720-1.
- ^ Clement, Peter; Harris, Alan; Davis, John (1993). Finches and Sparrows. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-03424-9. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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