Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Scientific name definitions
- Names (53)
- Subspecies (9)
Peter Clement, Guy M. Kirwan, and Chuenchom Hansasuta
Version: 1.2 — Published October 24, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gryskoppie |
| Albanian | Zboraks |
| Arabic | شرشور ظالم-صلنج |
| Armenian | Ամուրիկ |
| Asturian | Pimpín común |
| Azerbaijani | Adi hörücü |
| Basque | Txonta arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Обикновена чинка |
| Catalan | pinsà comú |
| Chinese (SIM) | 苍头燕雀 |
| Croatian | zeba |
| Czech | pěnkava obecná |
| Danish | Bogfinke |
| Dutch | Vink |
| English | Common Chaffinch |
| English (United States) | Common Chaffinch |
| Estonian | metsvint |
| Faroese | Bókígða |
| Finnish | peippo |
| French | Pinson des arbres |
| French (Canada) | Pinson des arbres |
| Galician | Pimpín común |
| Georgian | სკვინჩა (ნიბლია) |
| German | Buchfink |
| Greek | (Κοινός) Σπίνος |
| Hebrew | פרוש מצוי |
| Hungarian | Erdei pinty |
| Icelandic | Bókfinka |
| Italian | Fringuello |
| Japanese | ズアオアトリ |
| Korean | 푸른머리되새 |
| Latvian | Žubīte |
| Lithuanian | Paprastasis kikilis |
| Maori | Pahirini | Common Chaffinch |
| Mongolian | Дуулгат бужирга |
| Nepali (Nepal) | चित्रकचरी |
| Norwegian | bokfink |
| Persian | سهره جنگلی |
| Polish | zięba |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tentilhão |
| Punjabi (India) | ਸਲੇਟੀ-ਸਿਰ ਤੂਤੀ |
| Romanian | Cinteză |
| Russian | Зяблик |
| Serbian | Zeba |
| Slovak | pinka obyčajná |
| Slovenian | Ščinkavec |
| Spanish | Pinzón Vulgar |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pinzón vulgar |
| Swedish | bofink |
| Thai | นกจาบปีกอ่อนหัวเทาอกชมพู |
| Turkish | İspinoz |
| Ukrainian | Зяблик звичайний |
| Zulu | umbhalane waseYurobhu |
Revision Notes
Brooke K. Keeney standardized the account with Clements taxonomy. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages and Molts sections. Shawn M. Billerman contributed to the Systematics page. Nicholas D. Sly generated the map.
Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Fringilla coelebs
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.179.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- FRINGILLA
- coelebs
- Coelebs
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Common Chaffinch
