#0553 · 🐦 birds

Common Chaffinch

🇳🇱 Vink ·Fringilla coelebs

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jonny Andrews · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Caiden · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Enzio Harpaintner · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © William Stephens · CC BY 4.0
5. © Daniel Capilla · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © RenatKorotkov · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The common chaffinch ( Fringilla coelebs ), usually known simply as the chaffinch , 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 much duller 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.

base stats

NL sightings 2,831iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 211,920iNaturalist observations
weight 22 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 2,831 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #22 most seen of the birds in NL.
211,920 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 22 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).