#0679 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Bullfinch

🇳🇱 Goudvink ·Pyrrhula pyrrhula

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

what is it?

The bullfinch , common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch ( Pyrrhula pyrrhula ) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. In Anglophone Europe it is known simply as bullfinch , as it is the original bird to bear the name bullfinch.

base stats

NL sightings 210iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 86,521iNaturalist observations
weight 31 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 210 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
86,521 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 31 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Eurasian Bullfinch
Nederlands: Goudvink
scientific name: Pyrrhula pyrrhula
class: Aves
order: Passeriformes
family: Fringillidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 210
sightings in Europe: 60,371
sightings worldwide: 86,521
GBIF records in NL: 146,213
weight: 31 g
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Fringillidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 9462, Wikidata Q25382, GBIF 2494543, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.