Eurasian bullfinch | |
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Male in Lancashire, UK | |
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Female in Lancashire, UK | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Pyrrhula |
Species: | P. pyrrhula
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Binomial name | |
Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
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Range of P. pyrrhula Breeding Resident Non-breeding
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Synonyms | |
Loxia pyrrhula Linnaeus, 1758 |
The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) is a small passerine bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. In Anglophone Europe it is known simply as the bullfinch (English regional, Shropshire: plum bird), as it is the original bird to bear the name bullfinch.