Listen to the Eurasian chaffinch
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About the Eurasian chaffinch
The Eurasian chaffinch 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 22 g.
What does the Eurasian chaffinch sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as song, subsong, call and sex…. 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 chaffinch, common chaffinch, or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) is a common and widespread small passerine bird – in the finch family. The male is brightly coloured with a blue-grey cap and rust-red underparts. The female is more subdued in colouring, but both sexes have two contrasting white wing bars and white sides to the tail. The male bird has a strong voice and sings from exposed perches to attract a mate.
Related birds in the genus Fringilla
More from the family Fringillidae
European goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
Eurasian bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Common linnet
Linaria cannabina
Eurasian siskin
Spinus spinus
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
European greenfinch
Chloris chloris
Red crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Common rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus
Common redpoll
Acanthis flammea
European serin
Serinus serinus
Two-barred crossbill
Loxia leucoptera
Frequently asked questions
What does an Eurasian chaffinch sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Eurasian chaffinch on this page, including its song, subsong and call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Eurasian chaffinch endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Eurasian chaffinch as “least concern”.
What family does the Eurasian chaffinch belong to?
The Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) (W1CDR0001527 BD14) – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Subsong · Bienne, Switzerland by Pascal Christe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call, sex… by [email protected] – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Béruges, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Quinçay, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Fringilla coelebs - Common Chaffinch by Alvaro Ortiz Troncoso – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q25383 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Eurasian chaffinch – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by MichaelMaggs – Edited (sharpened, down-sampled, contrast corrected, noise removed) by: Arad – CC BY-SA 2.5