Skip to content
Destinations
Weather & climate
Nature
Outdoors
Culture
Events
Sky & live
Bird

African Chaffinch

Fringilla spodiogenys · Fringillidae · Passeriformes

Best monthsMar–Maymost records
Records12,329in 4 countries
Most seen inMorocco10,763 records
Red List–IUCN status
African Chaffinch
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
About

African Chaffinch in brief

The african chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys) is a bird of the Fringillidae family — species of bird.

Across the 4 countries we cover it has 12,329 published records, most of them from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in March, April and May and fall to their lowest in July and August.

Records by month

All countries combined · the strongest months highlighted
Where & when

When to look in each country

Morocco10,763 records · best Mar, Apr
Algeria1,062 records · best May, Jun
Tunisia500 records · best Apr, Jul
Libya4 records · best Mar, May
Map

Where it has been recorded

Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.

Relatives

More of the Fringillidae family

All birds
American Goldfinch
Photo: Omaksimenko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored

American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis
American Goldfinch
House Finch
Photo: nigel from vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored

House Finch

Haemorhous mexicanus
House Finch
Common Chaffinch
Photo: 4028mdk09 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored

Common Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs
Common Chaffinch
European Greenfinch
Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored

European Greenfinch

Chloris chloris
European Greenfinch