True Finches, grosbeaks and allies

PASSERIFORMES - Family Fringillidae - subfamily Fringillinae
This room displays photos of true finches and their relatives including grosbeaks & canaries.

click image or number in brackets to see a larger version.
click (if any) to see an even bigger photo in a separate window.


Yellow-Breasted Greenfinch, Kibara Kawara Hiwa or Carduelis spinoides. photo: 09/1998, Bhutan (alt. 2800m) White-browed Rosefinch, Mamijiro Mashiko, or Carpodacus thura (F). photo: 09/1998, Bhutan (approx. alt. 3800m). Long-tailed Rosefinch (F), Beni Mashiko or Uragus sibiricus. photo: 02/2001, Nagano, Japan.

Long-tailed Rosefinch (M), Beni Mashiko or Uragus sibiricus. photo: 02/2001, Nagano, Japan. Grey-capped Greenfinch [1], Kawara Hiwa, or Carduelis sinica. photo: 05/2001 at Niigata, Japan. Japanese Grosbeak [1], Ikaru or Eophona personata. photo: 05/2001, Niigata, Japan.

Brambling [1][2], Atori or Fringilla montifringilla. photo: 05/2001, Niigata, Japan. Eurasian Siskin (M)[1][2], Ma Hiwa or Carduelis spinus. photo: 05/2001, Niigata, Japan. Citril Finch [1][2], Shitoron Hiwa or Serinus citrinella. photo: 09/2001, Gavarnie, France.

Chaffinch(M)[1], Zuao Atori or Fringilla coelebs. photo: 09/2001, Cirque de Gavarnie, France. Chaffinch(F)[2][3], Zuao Atori or Fringilla coelebs. photo: 09/2001, Cirque de Gavarnie, France. Eurasian Siskin [3], Ma Hiwa or Carduelis spinus. photo: 09/2001, Lac d'Orédon, France.

European Serin, Serin or Serinus serinus. photo: 09/2001, Puerto de Somporto, Spain. Grey-capped Greenfinch [2], Kawara Hiwa, or Carduelis sinica. photo: 02/2002, Shizuoka, Japan Japanese Grosbeak [2], Ikaru or Eophona personata. photo: 05/2001, Nagano, Japan.

Brambling [3], Atori or Fringilla montifringilla. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan. Grey-capped Greenfinch [3][4], Kawara Hiwa, or Carduelis sinica. photo: 03/2002, Shiga, Japan Eurasian Bullfinch [1][2], Uso or Pyrrhula pyrrfula. photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan.

Hawfinch [1], Shime or Coccothraustes coccothraustes. photo: 01/2004, Niigata, Japan. Eurasian Siskin [4], Ma Hiwa or Carduelis spinus. photo: 04/2004, Gunma, Japan. Japanese Grosbeak [3], Ikaru or Eophona personata. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan.

Black-throated Canary [1], Minami Kigoshi Kanaria or Serinus atrogularis. photo: 08/2005, Rundu, Namibia. Black-throated Canary [2][3][4], Minami Kigoshi Kanaria or Serinus atrogularis. photo: 09/2005, Daan Viljoen GR., Namibia. Hawfinch [2], Shime or Coccothraustes coccothraustes. photo: 03/2006, Tokyo, Japan.

Japanese Grosbeak [4][5], Ikaru or Eophona personata. photo: 05/2006, Oita, Japan. Grey-capped Greenfinch [5], Kawara Hiwa, or Carduelis sinica. photo: 01/2007, Tokyo, Japan Hawfinch [3][4], Shime or Coccothraustes coccothraustes. photo: 02/2007, Tokyo, Japan.

Grey-capped Greenfinch [6], Kawara Hiwa, or Carduelis sinica. photo: 04/2007, Nagano, Japan Hawfinch [5], Shime or Coccothraustes coccothraustes. photo: 04/2007, Nagano, Japan. Brambling [4], Atori or Fringilla montifringilla. photo: 04/2007, Nagano, Japan.

Grey-capped Greenfinch [7(J)], Kawara Hiwa, or Carduelis sinica. photo: 05/2007, Ehime, Japan House Finch [1][2], Mekishiko Mashiko, or Carpodacus mexicanus. photo: 07/2007, O'ahu Island, Hawaii. Yellow-fronted Canary, Kimayu Kanaria, or Serinus mozambicus. photo: 07/2007, O'ahu Island, Hawaii.

Hawaii Amakihi [1][2], Hawai Mitsusui, or Hemignathus virens. photo: 07/2007, Hawai'i island, Hawaii. Iiwi [1][2][3], Beni Hawai Mitsusui, or Vestiaria coccinea. photo: 07/2007, Hawai'i island, Hawaii. Apapane [1][2][3], Aka Hawai Mitsusui, or Himatione sanguinea. photo: 07/2007, Hawai'i island, Hawaii.

Apapane(J) [4][5], Aka Hawai Mitsusui, or Himatione sanguinea. photo: 07/2007, Hawai'i island, Hawaii. House Finch [3][4], Mekishiko Mashiko, or Carpodacus mexicanus. photo: 07/2007, Hawai'i Island, Hawaii. Black-faced Canary, Kaoguro Kanaria, or Serinus capistratus. photo: 08/2007, Lopé NP, Gabon.

back to upper category


exhibition rooms in this sector :

tanagers | buntings | finches | munias | weavers | accentors | wagtails | sparrows | sunbirds | larks | babblers | warblers | whiteyes | cisticolas | bulbuls | kinglets | swallows | tits | nuthatches | starlings | chats | flycatchers | thrushes | dippers | ioras | monarchs | drongos | fantails | orioles | woodswallows | crows | magpies | whistlers | shrikes | leafbirds | honeyeaters | bowerbirds | antbirds | cotingas | tyrants | pittas | shearwaters | storks | pelicans | bitterns | egrets | cormorants | grebes | falcons | hawks | gulls | plovers | sandpipers | sandgrouses | cranes | pigeons | owls | turacos | hummingbirds | swifts | parrots | cuckoos | mousebirds | kingfishers | trogons | hoopoes | hornbills | jacamars | toucans | woodpeckers | ducks | geese | swans | pheasants | scrubfowls | ostriches
[ taxonomical view | alphabetical index ]

home > entrance > birds > finches, grosbeaks & allies


(c) 2001-2008, nobuhisa & seiko takano. all rights reserved & unauthorized reproduction is strictly prohibited.

mail to curator | site policies | annex "wildlife portraits blog"