{"id":25341,"date":"2012-11-05T14:15:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/chaffinch-fringilla-coelebs\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:44","slug":"chaffinch-fringilla-coelebs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/chaffinch-fringilla-coelebs\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This bird is widespread and very familiar throughout Europe. It is the most common finch in western Europe. Its range extends into western Asia, northwestern Africa, the Azores, Madeira &amp; the Canary Islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Eurasian Chaffinch\u00a0<i>Fringilla\u00a0coelebs<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-217-25341\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9917\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chaffinch-fringilla-coelebs\/chaffinch_0_wm.jpg\" title=\"Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)\" alt=\"Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chaffinch-fringilla-coelebs\/thumbs\/thumbs_chaffinch_0_wm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9863\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chaffinch-fringilla-coelebs\/female_chaffinch_0_wm.jpg\" title=\"Female Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Female Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)\" alt=\"Female Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chaffinch-fringilla-coelebs\/thumbs\/thumbs_female_chaffinch_0_wm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Female Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8632\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chaffinch-fringilla-coelebs\/chaffinch_03_0.jpg\" title=\"Male Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Male Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs\" alt=\"Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chaffinch-fringilla-coelebs\/thumbs\/thumbs_chaffinch_03_0.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8631\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chaffinch-fringilla-coelebs\/chaffinch_03.jpg\" title=\"Female Chaffinch Fringilla 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