A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidæ.
Small, stout birds with conical bills adapted to crushing seed make up the finch group. They are closely related to the grosbeaks, sparrows, and buntings. All of them are members of the family Fringillidae, the largest of all the bird families. Its members are found in most of the world. (eg. Cardinal; Goldfinch; Grosbeak; Sparrow. )
any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
a beautiful bird that lives in our bird cage
a family of small songbirds with wide beaks
Any of the many seed-eating songbirds of the family Fringillidæ. Represented in the North Country by 8 Sparrows Grosbeaks Crossbills, and 5 small finches, the Common Redpoll ( Carduelis flammea), Pine Siskin ( Carduelis pinus), American Goldfinch ( Carduelis tristis), Purple Finch ( Carpodacus purpureus), and the Indigo Bunting ( Passerina cyanea).
Finches are passerine birds, often seed-eating, found chiefly in the northern hemisphere and Africa. One subfamily is endemic to the Neotropics. The taxonomic structure of the true finch family, Fringillidae, is somewhat disputed, with some including the Hawaiian honeycreepers as another subfamily (Drepanidinae) and/or uniting the cardueline and fringilline finches as tribes (Carduelini and Fringillini) in one subfamily; the euphonious finches were thought to be tanagers due to general similarity in appearance and mode of life until their real affinities were realized; the buntings and American sparrows were formerly considered another subfamily (Emberizinae).