Eurasian Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernPlantsForestCup nestSmall · 24 g

What the Eurasian Bullfinch sounds like

Sonogram of the Eurasian Bullfinch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Call · Cabane Vauban (Carolles), Manche, Normandie, France · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Eurasian Bullfinch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Alarm call · Cabane Vauban (Carolles), Manche, Normandie, France · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Eurasian Bullfinch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Grégoire Chauvot · Song · Lavey-Morcles, Aigle District, Vaud, Switzerland · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The Eurasian bullfinch is a bulky bull-headed bird. The upper parts are grey; the flight feathers and short thick bill are black; as are the cap and face in adults (they are greyish-brown in juveniles), and the white rump and wing bars are striking in flight. The adult male has a distinctive rich red chest and underparts, but females and young birds have grey-buff feathers instead. It moults between July and October, but males do not have the duller autumn plumage that is typical of some other finches.

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When to see the Eurasian Bullfinch

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Eurasian Bullfinch

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 55 countries with regular records, and 4 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 States, Canada, Morocco, North Korea.

About the Eurasian Bullfinch

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

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