Siskins, Crossbills and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Fringillidae
Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and 9 primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in Burma.
- Plain Mountain-Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Crimson-browed Finch Pinicola subhimachalus
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Spot-winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodopeplus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Carduelis spinoides
- Black-headed Greenfinch Carduelis ambigua
- Tibetan Serin Serinus thibetanus
- Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Gray-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Yellow-billed Grosbeak Eophona migratoria (A)
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Golden-naped Finch Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
- Scarlet Finch Haematospiza sipahi
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Burma
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