Citril Finch

What the Citril Finch sounds like

Recorded by Pascal Christe · Song · Oberwil im Simmental, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Bern, Switzerland · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Mirko Tomasi · Call, helicopter · Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca, Province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Citril Finch

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Citril Finch

The map shades 9 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom, Finland.

About the Citril Finch

The citril finch, also known as the Alpine citril finch, is a small songbird, a member of the true finch family, Fringillidae.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Grey-crowned GoldfinchCarduelis canicepsThe grey-crowned goldfinch is 10.5–14 cm (4.1–5.5 in) long with a wingspan of 21.5–25.5 cm (8.5–10.0 in). Corsican FinchCarduelis corsicanaThe Corsican finch is a small finch, with a length of between 11.5 and 12.5 cm (4.5 and 4.9 in). European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisThe average European goldfinch is 12–13 cm (4.7–5.1 in) long, has a wingspan of 21–25 cm (8.3–9.8 in) and weighs 14 to 19 g (0.49 to 0.67 oz).