Bullfinch

Updated on Nov 19, 2023

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Mass Eurasian bullfinch: 24 g

Representative species Eurasian bullfinch, Azores bullfinch, Cuban bullfinch, Brown bullfinch, Lesser Antillean bullfinch

Bullfinch is a name given to two groups of passerine birds.

True bullfinches

The true bullfinches are thick-billed finches in the passerine family Fringillidae. They comprise the genus Pyrrhula. These birds are restricted to the Old World, and they include the following:

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Eurasian bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Brown bullfinch, Pyrrhula nipalensis

White-cheeked bullfinch, Pyrrhula leucogenis

Orange bullfinch, Pyrrhula aurantiaca

Red-headed bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythrocephala

Grey-headed bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythaca

Azores bullfinch, Pyrrhula murina

New World Tanagers

There is an unrelated group of New World birds also named as bullfinches because of their superficial resemblances to the above species. These passerines were placed in the large bunting and American "sparrow" family Emberizidae, but are now considered tanagers (Thraupidae).

Four are in the genus Loxigilla:

Puerto Rican bullfinch, Loxigilla portoricensis

Greater Antillean bullfinch, Loxigilla violacea

Lesser Antillean bullfinch, Loxigilla noctis

Barbados bullfinch, Loxigilla barbadensis

The fifth is

Cuban bullfinch, Melopyrrha nigra