Bird
Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs · Fringillidae · Passeriformes
Best monthsApr–Junmost records
Records10,316,113in 71 countries
Most seen inFrance1,791,182 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
About
Common Chaffinch in brief
The common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) is a bird of the Fringillidae family — species of small passerine bird.
Across the 71 countries we cover it has 10,316,113 published records, most of them from France, Sweden and the Netherlands. It is recorded through much of the year, most often in April, May and June.
Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
France1,791,182 records · best May, Apr
Sweden1,313,333 records · best Apr, May
Netherlands1,130,809 records · best Apr, Mar
United Kingdom972,080 records · best Apr, May
Spain821,595 records · best Dec, Jan
Germany636,711 records · best May, Jan
Finland617,564 records · best Jun, May
Norway555,789 records · best Apr, May
Denmark534,534 records · best Apr, Mar
Belgium354,730 records · best May, Apr
New Zealand270,283 records · best Nov, Dec
Portugal188,991 records · best May, Jan
Italy153,209 records · best Jan, Dec
Russia153,096 records · best Apr, May
Poland95,045 records · best Apr, May
Czechia80,849 records · best May, Apr
Austria77,989 records · best May, Apr
Estonia73,744 records · best May, Jun
Switzerland61,038 records · best Apr, May
Türkiye60,310 records · best Mar, Jan
Ireland50,903 records · best May, Apr
Greece37,909 records · best May, Apr
Israel36,775 records · best Nov, Dec
Bulgaria32,054 records · best May, Jun
Luxembourg29,943 records · best May, Apr
Ukraine28,024 records · best Apr, May
Croatia17,666 records · best May, Apr
Hungary16,521 records · best May, Apr
Serbia15,851 records · best Apr, May
Slovakia13,660 records · best May, Apr
Slovenia10,741 records · best Apr, May
Romania9,650 records · best May, Apr
Lithuania9,281 records · best Apr, May
Georgia9,086 records · best Sep, May
Iran8,253 records · best Dec, Nov
Belarus8,207 records · best May, Apr
Latvia5,624 records · best May, Apr
Cyprus5,185 records · best Mar, Apr
Palestine3,209 records · best Nov, Dec
Azerbaijan2,619 records · best Nov, Oct
Kazakhstan2,075 records · best Oct, Mar
Armenia1,896 records · best May, Apr
Andorra1,793 records · best Jul, May
Moldova1,741 records · best May, Apr
North Macedonia1,650 records · best May, Jun
Montenegro1,464 records · best Apr, Jun
Albania1,210 records · best May, Jun
Morocco1,179 records · best Mar, May
Lebanon1,157 records · best Nov, Apr
Bosnia and Herzegovina1,134 records · best Jun, Apr
Kyrgyzstan1,134 records · best Oct, Mar
Tajikistan778 records · best Feb, Jan
Mongolia691 records · best Sep, Oct
Uzbekistan631 records · best Feb, Jan
Iceland630 records · best Mar, Oct
Libya461 records · best Nov, Oct
Kosovo343 records · best Mar, Feb
Jordan338 records · best Dec, Jan
Algeria301 records · best Mar, Feb
Liechtenstein295 records · best Jun, Jul
Iraq276 records · best Jan, Feb
Tunisia254 records · best May, Apr
Malta252 records · best Nov, Jan
Kuwait89 records · best Nov, Dec
Egypt71 records · best Nov, Oct
San Marino57 records · best Jun, Jul
Syria53 records · best Oct, Mar
Monaco37 records · best Jan, Dec
Afghanistan36 records · best Nov, Oct
Turkmenistan36 records · best Dec, Nov
Vatican City9 records · best Mar, Feb
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
Relatives
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