Finch genera are the genera of the passerine family Fringillidae, which Animal Diversity Web labels finches and lists with 45 genera. In the GBIF backbone, The largest by descendant taxa are Euphonia and Crithagra with about 106 each, then Carpodacus with about 83, Spinus and Fringilla with about 67 each, Loxia with about 60, Pyrrhula and Leucosticte with about 35 each, Chloris with about 28 and Linaria with about 26.
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Animal Diversity Web: Fringillidae
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Family Fringillidae (finches)
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"canonicalName":"Euphonia","vernacularName":"Euphonias","authorship":"Desmarest, 1806","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":" Hist. Nat. Tangaras , livr. 10: pl. 27","numDescendants":106
Children of Fringillidae: Crithagra
"canonicalName":"Crithagra","authorship":"Swainson, 1827","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Swainson, William. 1827. On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined. The Zoological Journal 3(11): 343-363.","numDescendants":106
Children of Fringillidae: Carpodacus
"canonicalName":"Carpodacus","vernacularName":"rosefinch","authorship":"Kaup, 1829","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch. Europ. Thierw. p. 161","numDescendants":83
Children of Fringillidae: Spinus
"canonicalName":"Spinus","vernacularName":"Siskins","authorship":"Koch, 1816","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":67
Children of Fringillidae: Fringilla
"canonicalName":"Fringilla","vernacularName":"finch","authorship":"Linnaeus, 1758","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Linnaeus, & Carolus. (1758). Systema Naturae Per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis, 10th Edition, Vol. 1.","numDescendants":67
Children of Fringillidae: Loxia
"canonicalName":"Loxia","vernacularName":"crossbill","authorship":"Linnaeus, 1758","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Linnaeus, & Carolus. (1758). Systema Naturae Per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis, 10th Edition, Vol. 1.","numDescendants":60
Children of Fringillidae: Pyrrhula
"canonicalName":"Pyrrhula","vernacularName":"bullfinches","authorship":"Brisson, 1760","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Ornithologie 1 p. 36","numDescendants":35
Children of Fringillidae: Leucosticte
"canonicalName":"Leucosticte","vernacularName":"Rosy Finches","authorship":"Swainson, 1832","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"in Richardson, F. Bor.-Amer., (2) 1831","numDescendants":35
Children of Fringillidae: Chloris
"canonicalName":"Chloris","vernacularName":"Rhodes-grasses","authorship":"Cuvier, 1800","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Cuvier, Georges. 1800. Leçons d'anatomie compareĢe. Baudouin, Paris. Vol. 1: i-xxxi; 1-521; tabl.1-9.","numDescendants":28
Children of Fringillidae: Linaria
"canonicalName":"Linaria","vernacularName":"Linnets","authorship":"Bechstein, 1802","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Bechstein, Johann M. 1802. Ornithologisches Taschenbuch von und für Deutschland. Carl Friedrich Enoch Richter, Leipzig. Vol. 1: i-xxxiv; 1-250; pls.1-19.","numDescendants":26
View the Source Wikipedia: Fringilla
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The genus Fringilla, also known as chaffinches, is a small group of eight species of finches from the Old World.
Wikipedia: Carduelis
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The genus Carduelis is a group of birds in the finch family Fringillidae.
Wikipedia: Serinus
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Serinus is a genus of small birds in the finch family Fringillidae found in West Asia, Europe and Africa.
Wikipedia: Crossbill
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Crossbills are birds of the genus Loxia within the finch family (Fringillidae), with five or six extant and one extinct species.
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