Listen to the Eurasian bullfinch
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About the Eurasian bullfinch
The Eurasian bullfinch is a bird in the family Fringillidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 26 cm and weigh around 31 g.
What does the Eurasian bullfinch sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Eurasian bullfinch or common bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) is a small passerine bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. In Anglophone Europe it is known simply as the bullfinch (English regional, Shropshire: plum bird), as it is the original bird to bear the name bullfinch.
More from the family Fringillidae
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Eurasian chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Common linnet
Linaria cannabina
Eurasian siskin
Spinus spinus
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
European greenfinch
Chloris chloris
Red crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
Common rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus
Common redpoll
Acanthis flammea
European serin
Serinus serinus
Two-barred crossbill
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Frequently asked questions
What does an Eurasian bullfinch sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Eurasian bullfinch on this page, including its call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Eurasian bullfinch endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Eurasian bullfinch as “least concern”.
What family does the Eurasian bullfinch belong to?
The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) (W1CDR0001509 BD14) – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Béruges, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Arcisate, Varese, Lombardy, Italy by Mirko Tomasi – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Béruges, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Quinçay, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Varese (near Rasa di Varese), Provincia di Varese… by Mirko Tomasi – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q25382 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Eurasian bullfinch – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Francis Franklin – CC BY-SA 3.0