Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758
(Chaffinch)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFringilla coelebs (Chaffinch)
GenusFringilla (chaffinchs and bramblings)
FamilyFRINGILLIDAE (finches and crossbills)
OrderPASSERIFORMES (perching birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch) :
1: Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch)
22 Dec 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
around and under tables at beach restaurant
Image 1: Male - dorso-lateral viewImage 2: Male - lateral viewImage 3: Male - lateral view (2)
2: Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch)
2 Dec 2014 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
male, in bush
Image 1: Male - lateral viewImage 2: Male - rear three-quarter view
3: Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch)
30 Mar 2014 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male
Image 1: Male - on ground - anterior viewImage 2: Male - on ground - lateral view
4: Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch)
30 Mar 2014 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male
Image 1: Male - on branch - lateral viewImage 2: Male - on branch - lateral view (2)Image 3: Male - on branch - lateral view (3)Image 4: Male - on feeder - anterior view
5: Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch)
30 Mar 2014 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, on branch
Image 1: Male - on branch - front three-quarter viewImage 2: Male - on branch - front three-quarter view (2)Image 3: Male - on ground - lateral viewImage 4: Male - on ground - lateral view (2)Image 5: Male - on ground - lateral view (3)Image 6: Male - on ground - lateral view (4)Image 7: Male - on ground - lateral view (5)Image 8: Male - on ground - lateral view (6)

Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch)
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