Bullfinch
Bullfinch is a name given to two groups of
passerine birds.
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 are:
- Brown Bullfinch, Pyrrhula nipalensis
- White-cheeked Bullfinch, Pyrrhula leucogenis
- Orange Bullfinch, Pyrrhula aurantiaca
- Red-headed Bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythrocephala
- Gray-headed Bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythaca
- Eurasian Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula
There is an unrelated group of New World birds also named as bullfinches because of their superficial resemblances to the above species. These passerines are the large
bunting and North American sparrow family
Emberizidae. Three are in the genus
Loxigilla :
- Puerto Rican Bullfinch, Loxigilla portoricensis
- Greater Antillean Bullfinch, Loxigilla violacea
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch, Loxigilla noctis
The fourth is
- Cuban Bullfinch, Melopyrrha nigra