Species Listing, Range, Measurements, Clutch-size and Incubation Periods
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| Common and Scientific Name and Native Range | Length from beak to tip of tail | Average Clutch Size | Average incubation period |
| African Quail-finches or Quailfinches (Ortygospiza articollis) Range: Liberia to Lake Chad and from southern Sudan to Zimbabwe, Africa | 9.5–10 cm / 3.7–3.9 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 14 days |
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| African Silverbills (Euodice malabarica cantana or Lonchura cantans) Range: Southwestern Saudi Arabia to Somalia and central Tanzania | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 11 to 12 days |
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| American or Eastern Goldfinches, (Carduelis tristis) Range: North America | 11.40 to 12.80 cm / 4.49 to 5.04 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Araripe Manakins (Antilophia bokermanni) Range: Chapado de Araripe (Araripe uplands) in the Brazilian state of Ceará in the north eastern of the country | 14.5 cm / 5.7 in | 2 eggs | 17 to 21 days |
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| Arctic Redpolls (Carduelis hornemanni) Range: Brazil | 14.5 cm / 5.7 in | 4 to 7 eggs | 22 days |
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| Aurora Finches (Pytilia phoenicoptera) Range: Senegal to northern Uganda | 11.88 cm / 4.75 in | 4 eggs | 13 days |
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| Bar-breasted Firefinches (Lagonosticta rufopicta) Range: Gambia to southern Sudan and southeastern Uganda | 10 cm / 4 in | 4 eggs | 13 days |
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| Baya Weavers (Ploceus philippinus) Range: South and Southeast Asia | 15 cm / 6 in | 2 to 4 eggs | 16 days |
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| Bengalese Finches (Society Finches), Lonchura striata Range: Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Malaysia, and Sumatra | 10.63-11.88 cm / 4.25-4.75 in | 5 to 8 eggs | 16 days |
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| Bicheno Finches / Owl Finches (Poephila bichenovii) Range: Northern, interior, and eastern Australia | 10 cm / 4 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 12 days |
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| Black-billed Firefinches (Lagonosticta rara) Range: Sierra Leone to western Kenya, Africa | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 3 to 4 eggs | 12 to 13 days |
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| Black-cheeked Waxbills (Estrilda erythronotos) Range: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, Africa | 12.5 cm / 5 in | 3 to 4 eggs | 11 to 12 days |
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| Black-headed Munias or Chestnut Munias (Lonchura atricapilla, formerly Lonchura malacca atricapilla) Range: Southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines | 11 – 12 cm / 4.3 – 4.7 in | 4 to 7 eggs | 14 days |
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| Black Rosy Finches or Black Rosy-finches (Leucosticte atrata) Range: Western United States | 14 – 16 cm / 5.5 – 6.2 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Black-rumped Waxbills (Estrilda troglodytes) Range: Senegal to Uganda and southwestern Saudi Arabia | 10 cm / 4 in | 3 to 6 eggs | 11 to 12 days |
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| Black-throated Finches (Poephila cincta cincta) Range: Cape York Peninsula to northern New South Wales in Australia. | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 5 to 9 eggs | 12 days |
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| Black-throated Munias or Jerdon’s Mannikins (Lonchura kelaarti) Range: Southwest India, the Eastern Ghats and Sri Lanka | 12 cm / 4.7 in | 3-8 in India 5 in Sri Lanka | 12 to 13 days |
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| Blue-backed Manakins (Chiroxiphia pareola) Range: Southern Colombia, eastern Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil in the northeast and the Amazon basin, and in Tobago | 13 cm / 5.25 in | 2 eggs | 20 days |
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| Blue-breasted Cordon Bleu Finches or Blue-capped Waxbills (Uraeginthus cyanocepha) Range: Southern Africa | 12.5 cm / 5 in | 3 to 6 eggs | 12 days |
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| Blue-capped Waxbills / Cordon Bleu Finches (Uraeginthus cyanocepha Range: Southern Africa | 12.5 cm / 5 in | 3 to 6 eggs | 12 days |
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| Blue Chaffinches (Fringilla teydea) Range: Canary Islands | 15 cm / 6 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 11 to 13 days |
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| Bramlings (Fringilla montifringilla) Range: Northern Europe and Asia | 14-15 cm / 5.7-6 in | 4 to 9 eggs | 13 days |
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| Bronze Mannikins (Lonchura cucullata) Range: Along rivers of sub-Sahara Africa | 8.75 cm / 3.5 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Brown-capped Rosy-Finches (Leucosticte australis) Range: Rocky Mountains of the United States | 14-17 cm / 5.7-6.5 in | 5 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Cassin’s Finches (Carpodacus cassinii) Range: Western North America | 15 cm / 6 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs) Range: New Zealand | 15 cm / 6 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 11-13 days |
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| Cherry Finches (Aidemosyne modesta) Range: Interior Queensland and New South Wales, Australia | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 4 to 7 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Chestnut-breasted Finches(Lonchura castaneothorax) Range: New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 5 to 6 eggs | 13 days |
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| Chestnut Munias (Lonchura atricapilla, formerly Lonchura malacca atricapilla) Range: Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, western Myanmar, Java, Bali | 10.63-11.88 cm / 4.25-4.75 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 12 to 15 days |
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| Club-winged Manakins (Machaeropterus deliciosus) Range: Andes Mountains of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador | 12.5 cm / 4.9 in | 2 eggs | 18 to 21 days |
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| Common Crossbills aka Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra) Range: North America, Europe and Asia | 14 – 16.5 cm / 5.5 to 6.5 inches | 3 to 5 eggs | 12 to 18 days |
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| Common Redpolls Range: Ireland, Great Britain and neighbouring parts of Europe up to Norway, and the Alps | 12-14 cm / 5-6 in | 4 to eggs | 10 to 11 days |
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| Common Waxbills (Estrilda astrild) Range: Tropical and southern Africa | 11.25 cm / 4.5 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 11 to 12 days |
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| Cordon Bleu Finches / Blue-capped Waxbills (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) Range: Africa | 10-12.5 cm / 4-5 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 11 to 12 days |
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| Crimson Finches (Neochmia phaeton) Range: Northern Australia and southern New Guinea | 12.5 cm / 5 in | 5 to 8 eggs | 11 to 14 days |
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| Crimson Rumped Waxbills, Sundevall’s Waxbills (Estrilda Rhodopyga) Range: Kenya, Ethiopia and southern Sudan. Originated in East Africa | 11 cm / 4 in | 5 to 6 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Cut-throat Finches (Amadina fasciata) Range: Sub-Sahara from western Africa to the Red Sea and eastern Africa to Transvaal and Botswana | 11.88-13.13 cm / 4.75-5.25 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 12 days |
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| Dark Firefinches (Lagonosticta rubricata) Range: Savannas of western, eastern, and southern Africa | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 11 days |
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| Diamond Firetail Finches (Emblema guttata) Range: Southern Queensland to South Australia | 13 cm / 5 in | 5 to 6 eggs | 14 days |
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| Dybowski’s Twinspots (Euschistospiza dybowskii) Range: Sierra Leone to northeastern Congo | 12 cm / 4¾ in | 3 to 4 eggs | 13 days |
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| Eurasian Bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Range: Europe and temperate Asia | 15 cm / 6 in | 4 to 7 eggs | 14 days |
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| Eurasian Siskins or just Siskins in Europe Range: Northern temperate Europe and into Russia | 11.5-12 cm / 4.5 – 4.7 in | 2 to 6 eggs | 10 to 14 days |
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| Evening Grosbeaks (Coccothraustes vespertinus) Range: Canada and the western mountainous areas of the United States and Mexico | 19-21 cm / 7.75-8.5 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 11 to 14 days |
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| Golden-breasted Waxbills (Amandava subflava) Range: Saudi Arabia and areas of sub-Saharan Africa | 8.75-10 cm / 3.5-4 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 11 days |
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| Golden-headed Manakins (Pipra erythrocephala) Range: Panama, Colombia and Trinidad south and east to the Guianas and Brazil and northern Argentina | 9.4 cm / 3.7 in | 2 | 16 to 17 days |
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| European Goldfinches aka Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis) Range: Europe and most of Asia | 12-13.5 cm / 4-5 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 11 to 14 days |
| American or Eastern Goldfinches (Carduelis tristis) Range: Southern British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to California, Utah, southern Colorado, central Oklahoma, Arkansas, and the Carolinas. | 12 cm / 5 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 10 to 12 days |
| Lawrences Goldfinches (Carduelis lawrencei) Range: Central and southern California, west of Sierra Nevada and south into Baja California. Winters south and east to extreme western Texas | 12 cm / 4.75 in | 4 – 5 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
| Lesser or Dark-backed Goldfinches (Carduelis psaltria) Range: SW United States to Venezuela and Peru | 10–11 cm / 4–4.5 in | 6 eggs | 12 days |
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| Gouldian Finches – also known as Lady Gouldians Finches or Rainbow Finches (Chloebia gouldiae) Range: Northern Australia, except Cape York Peninsula | 15 cm / 6 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 14 to 15 days |
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| Grassland Yellowfinches (Sicalis luteola) Range: South America, from Colombia south and east to the Guianas and central Ecuador, Peru and Brazil | 12 cm / 4.75 in | 3 eggs | 12 to 13 days |
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| Green Finches or European Greenfinches (Carduelis chloris) Range: Europe, north Africa and south west Asia | 14 – 16 cm / 5.5 – 6.2 in | 3 to 8 eggs | 13-14 days |
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| Green Singing Finches or Yellow-fronted Canaries (Serinus mozambicus) Range: Africa south of the Sahara Desert | 11 – 13 cm / 4.5 – 5 in | 3 to 4 eggs | 13 days |
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| Green Twinspots (Mandingoa nitidula) Range: Southern Ethiopia to northern Angola and Natal | 10-10.63 cm / 4-4.25 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 12 to 13 days |
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| Grey-crowned Rosy-Finches (Leucosticte tephrocotis) Range: Alaska to the northwestern United States | 15-15 cm / 5.75-6 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Grey-headed Munias (Lonchura caniceps) Range: Southern Ethiopia to Lake Victoria | 10.8 cm / 4.25 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 16 days |
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| Grey Singing Finches (Serinus leucopygius) Range: Northern Africa | 10 cm / 4 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 14 days |
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| Hawfinches (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) Range: Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Vietnam | 16.5-18 cm / 6.5-7 in | 2 to 7 eggs | 12 – 13 days |
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| Hispaniolan Crossbills (Loxia megaplaga) Range: Island of Hispaniola in the West Indies | 15 cm / 5.75 in | 2 to 4 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Hoary Redpolls – 2 races: Greenland Arctic Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni) of Greenland and neighbouring parts of CanadaHoary Redpoll (C. h. exilipes): Tundra of northern North America | 12-14 cm / 5-6 in | 4 to 7 eggs | 9 to 12 days |
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| House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) Range: Mexico and the southwestern United States | 13-14 cm / 5-6 in | 2 to 6 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Indian Silverbills or White-throated Munias (Lonchura malabarica) Range: South Asia | 11-11.5 cm / 4.3-4.5 in | 4 to 10 eggs | 11-13 days |
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| Jameson’s Firefinches (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) Range: Eritrea to Transvaal and Angola | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 12 days |
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| Java Finches, Java Sparrows aka Java Rice Finches (Padda oryzivora) Range: Java and Bali | 15 cm / 6 in | 4 to 7 eggs | 13 to 14 days |
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| Jerdon’s Mannikins or Black-throated Munias (Lonchura kelaarti) Range: Southwest India, the Eastern Ghats and Sri Lanka | 12 cm / 4.7 in | 3-8 in India 5 in Sri Lanka | 12 to 13 days |
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| Lance-tailed Manakins (Chiroxiphia lanceolata) Range: Tropical Central and South America from Costa Rica to northern Venezuela | 13.5 cm / 5.3 in | 2 eggs | 20 days |
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| Lawrence’s Goldfinches (Carduelis lawrencei) Range: Central California, and its southern coast, in the United States to Baja California in Mexico | 12 cm / 4.75 in | 4 – 5 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Lavender Waxbills (Estrilda caerulescens) Range: Senegal to Cameroon | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 4 eggs | 15 days |
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| Lesser or Dark-backed Goldfinches (Carduelis psaltria) Range: SW United States to Venezuela and Peru | 10–11 cm / 4–4.5 in | 6 eggs | 12 days |
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| Lesser Redpolls (Carduelis cabaret) Range: Ireland, Great Britain and neighbouring parts of Europe up to Norway, and the Alps | 11.5 cm / 4.5 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 10 to 12 days |
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| Long-tailed Grassfinches (Poephila acuticauda) Range: Northern Australia west of the Gulf of Carpentaria | 16.88 cm / 6.75 in | 5 to 6 eggs | 13 to 14 days |
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| Magpie Mannikins (Lonchura fringilloides) Range: Forests of sub-Sahara Africa | 8.75 cm / 3.5 in | 4 to 10 eggs | 12 days |
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| Masked Grassfinches (Poephila personata) Range: Northern Australia east to northwestern Queensland | 13.75 cm / 5.5 in | 5 eggs | 13 days |
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| Melba Finches or Green-winged Pytilias (Pytilia melba) Range: Tropical Africa | 11.88-13.13 cm / 4.75-5.25 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 12 to 13 days |
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| Northern Red Bishop Finches (Euplectes orix) Range: Africa south of the Sahara Desert | 13-15 cm / 5.25-6 in | 2 to 4 eggs | 12 to 13 days |
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| Nutmeg Mannikins or Spice Finches (Lonchura punctulata) Range: Tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines | 12.5 cm / 5 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 14 days |
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| Olive-backed Euphonias (Euphonia gouldi) Range: Caribbean lowlands and foothills from southern Mexico to western Panama | 9.5 cm / 3.7 in | 3 eggs | ? |
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| Orange-cheek Finches (Estrilda melpoda) Range: Western and Eastern Africa, including: Gambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, and Zambia | 10 cm / 4 in | 5 to 6 eggs | 14 days |
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| Orange-collared Manakins (Manacus aurantiacus) Range: Costa Rica and western Panama | 10 cm / 4 in | 2 eggs | 18 to 21 days |
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| Orange-winged Pytilias (Pytilia afra) Range: Southern Ethiopia to Mozambique and Angola | 11.88 cm / 4.75 in | 3 to 4 eggs | 12 to 13 days |
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| Oriental Greenfinches (Carduelis sinica) Range: Aleutians and Pribilofs | 15 cm / 6 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Owl Finches also known as Bicheno Finches or Double-barred Finches Range: Northern and eastern Australia | 10 cm / 4 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 12 days |
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| Painted Finches (Emblema pictum or Emblema picta) Range: Northwestern Australia to western Queensland | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 4 eggs | 15 to 19 days |
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| Parrot Crossbills (Loxia pytyopsittacus) Range: Northwest Europe and into western Russia. | 18 cm / 7 in | 3 to 4 eggs | 14 to 16 days |
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| Parrot Finches (Erythrura Psittacea) also known as the red-throated or red-faced parrot finch Range: New Caledonia grasslands or open country bordering forested areas | 12.5 cm / 5 in | 3 to 6 eggs | 13 to 14 days |
| Blue-faced Parrot-finches (Erythrura trichroa) Range: New Guinea, Molucca Islands, Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes) – part of the Maluku island group in Indonesia Group, Indonesia Cape York Peninsula, and New Hebrides | 11.88 cm / 4.75 in | 3 to 6 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
| Red-headed Parrot-finches (Erythrura psittacea) Range: New Caledonia | 11.88 cm / 4.75 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 13 days |
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| Parson Finches (Poephila cincta cincta) Range: Cape York Peninsula to northern New South Wales, Australia | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 5-9 eggs | 12 days |
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| Peter’s Twinspots (Hypargos niveoguttatus) Range: Kenya to Mozambique and Angola | 11.88-13.13 cm / 4.75-5.25 in | 3 eggs | 12 to 13 days |
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| Pictorella Finches (Lonchura pectoralis) Range: Northern Australia from west coast to east coast | 11.88 cm / 4.75 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 14 days |
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| Pine Grosbeaks (Pinicola enucleator) Range: Canada, Alaska and the western mountains of the United States, and in northern Fennoscandia | 22-24 cm / 9-9.75 in | 2 to 5 eggs | 13 to 15 days |
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| Pin-tailed Parrot-finches (Erythrura prasina) Range: Thailand and Laos to Indonesia | 15 cm / 6 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 13 to 14 days |
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| Pelzeln’s Finches aka Yellow Finches or Saffron Finches (Lonchura punctulata) Range: Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Taiwan, Luzon, Malaysia, Indonesia | 14-16 cm / 5.5 -6 in | 3-5 eggs | 14 days |
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| Pine Siskins (Carduelis pinus) Range: Southern Alaska, Mackenzie, Quebec, and Newfoundland south to California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Great Lakes region, and northern New England | 11-13 cm / 4.5-5.25 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 13 days |
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| Plum-headed Finches or Cherry Finches (Neochmia modesta) Range: Interior Queensland and New South Wales, Australia | 11 cm / 4.3 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 14 days |
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| Purple Finches (Carpodacus purpureus) Range: Northern Canada. Migrate to the southern United States | 13-15 cm / 5 l/4-6 in | 4 eggs | 13 days |
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| Purple Grenadiers (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster) Range: Southern Ethiopia to southern Tanzania, Africa | 13 cm / 5.25 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| African Quail-finches or Quailfinches (Ortygospiza articollis) Range: Liberia to Lake Chad and from southern Sudan to Zimbabwe, Africa | 9.5–10 cm / 3.7–3.9 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 14 days |
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| Red Avadavats aka Red Munias or Strawberry Finches (Amandava amandava) Range: Southwestern China, India, and Southeast Asia | 10 cm / 4 in | 4 to 7 eggs | 11 days |
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| Red-billed Firefinches or Senegal Firefinches (Lagonosticta senegala) Range: Senegal to Eritrea and areas south to Angola and Natal, Africa | 10 cm / 4 in | 3 to 7 eggs | 11 days |
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| Red-billed Queleas (Quelea quelea) Range: Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.5 cm / 5 in | 2 to 4 eggs | 12 days |
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| Red-browed Finches (Neochmia temporali) Range: East Australia | 11 cm / 4.5 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 13 to 14 days |
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| Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra) Range: North America, Europe and Asia | 14 – 16.5 cm / 5.5 to 6.5 inches | 3 to 5 eggs | 12 to 18 days |
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| Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Finches (Uraeginthus bengalus) Range: Senegal to Tanzania and Angola, Africa | 12.5 cm / 5 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 21 days |
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| Red-headed Finches (Amadina erythrocephala) Range: Kalahari Desert, South Africa, and Botswana | 12.5 cm / 5 in | 3 to 6 eggs | 12 to 13 days |
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| Red Munias or Strawberry Finches or Red Avadavats (Amandava amandava) Range: Southwestern China, India, and Southeast Asia | 9-10 cm / 3-4 in | 5 to 7 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Red Siskins (Carduelis cucullata) Range: Tropical South America in northern Colombia and northern Venezuela | 10 cm / 4 in | 3 eggs | 14 days |
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| Rosey Rump Waxbills or Crimson Rumped Waxbills, Sundevall’s Waxbill (Estrilda Rhodopyga) Range: Kenya, Ethiopia and southern Sudan. Originated in East Africa | 11 cm / 4 in | 5 to 6 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Saffron Finches, Pelzeln’s Finches, Yellow Finches (Sicalis flaveola) Range: South America | 14-16 cm / 5.5 -6 in | 3-5 eggs | 14 days |
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| Scaly-breasted Munias aka Spice Finches or Nutmeg Mannikins (Lonchura punctulata) Range: Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Taiwan, Luzon, Malaysia, Indonesia | 12.5 cm / 5 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 14 days |
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| Scottish Crossbills (Loxia scotica) Range: Scotland | 16 cm / 6.3 in | 2 to 5 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Shaft Tail Finches Range: Australia | 13-15 cm / 5-6 in | 4 to 7 eggs | 14 days |
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| Sharp-tailed Finchesor White-rumped Mannikins (Lonchura striata) Range: Southern Asia from the South Asia east to southern China and Indonesia | 10-11 cm / 4 in | 3 to 8 eggs | 14 days |
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| Silverbills (Lonchura malabarica) Range: North Africa to India | 10 cm / 4 in | 4 to 8 eggs | 12 days |
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| Society Finches aka Bengalese Finch, Japanese Mövchen Finch, Japanese Movchen Finch (Lonchura domestica) Range: China | 12.5 cm / 5 in | 5 to 6 eggs | 12 days |
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| Spice Finches aka Scaly-breasted Munia, Nutmeg Mannikin (Lonchura punctulata) Range: Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Taiwan, Luzon, Malaysia, Indonesia | 12.5 cm / 5 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 14 days |
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| Star Finches (Neochmia ruficauda) Range: Northern Australia | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 3 to 6 eggs | 12 days |
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| Strawberry Finches or Red Munias or Red Avadavats (Amandava amandava) Range: India. Naturalised populations exist in southern Spain and Hawaii | 9-10 cm / 3-4 in | 5 to 7 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Striated Finches(Lonchura striata) Range: Southern Asia from the South Asia east to southern China and Indonesia | 10-11 cm / 4 in | 3 to 8 eggs | 14 days |
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| Sundevall’s Waxbills(Estrilda Rhodopyga) Range: Kenya, Ethiopia and southern Sudan. Originated in East Africa | 11 cm / 4 in | 5 to 6 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Swee Waxbills (Estrilda melanotis) Range: Southern Sudan to South Africa | 9.38 cm / 3.75 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 14 days |
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| Two-barred Crossbills also known as the White-winged Crossbills in North America (Loxia leucoptera) Range: Alaska, Canada, northernmost USA and across Asia extending into northeast Europe. | 15-17 cm / 6-6.75 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Vampire Finches aka Sharp Beaked Finches, Sharp Billed Ground Finches (Geospiza nebulosa or Geospiza difficilis septentrionalis) Range: Wolf Island, also known as Isla Wolf (Galapagos Islands) | ? | ? | ? |
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| Village Weavers (Ploceus cucullatus) Range: Sub-Saharan Africa, and has been introduced to Haiti | 15-17 cm / 5.9-6.7 in | 2 to 3 eggs | 15 days |
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| Violaceous Euphonias (Euphonia violacea) Range: Trinidad, Tobago and eastern Venezuela south to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina | 11.4 cm / 4.5 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 15 days |
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| Violet-eared Waxbills (Uraeginthus granatina) Range: Angola and Zambia to Namibia and Zimbabwe, Africa | 13.75 cm / 5.5 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 13 days |
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| Wild Bangalese Finches Range: Southern Asia from the South Asia east to southern China and Indonesia | 10-11 cm / 4 in | 3 to 8 eggs | 14 days |
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| White-backed Finches or White-backed Munias (Lonchura striata) Range: Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Malaysia, and Sumatra | 10-11 cm / 4 in | 3 to 8 eggs | 14 days |
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| White-bearded Manakins (Manacus manacus) Range: South America. It is found from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Bolivia and northern Argentina | 10.7 cm / 4.2 in | 2 eggs | 18 to 19 days |
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| White-collared Manakins (Manacus candei) Range: Southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica and the extreme west of Panama | 11 cm / 4.3 in | 2 eggs | 18 to 21 days |
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| White-crowned Manakins (Dixiphia pipra) Range: Costa Rica to northeastern Peru and eastern Brazil | 9.7-10 cm / 3.8 – 4 in | 2 eggs | 18 to 21 days |
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| White-haired Munias (Lonchura maja) Range: Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, and Bali | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 12 to 13 days |
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| White-ruffed Manakins (Corapipo altera) Range: Eastern Honduras to northwestern Venezuela. | 10 cm / 4 in | 2 eggs | 18 to 21 days |
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| White-rumped Munias or White-rumped Mannikins (Lonchura striata) Range: Southern Asia from the South Asia east to southern China and Indonesia | 10-11 cm / 4 in | 3 to 8 eggs | 14 days |
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| White-winged Crossbills (Loxia leucoptera) Range: Alaska, Canada, northernmost USA and across Asia extending into northeast Europe. | 15-17 cm / 6-6.75 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
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| Yellow-bellied Siskins (Carduelis xanthogastra) Range: Costa Rica south to southern Ecuador, central Bolivia and the highlands of northwestern Venezuela | 10.5 cm / 4.1 in | 2 to 3 eggs | ? |
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| Yellow Finches, Pelzeln’s Finches, Saffron Finches (Sicalis flaveola) Range: South America | 14-16 cm / 5.5 -6 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 14 days |
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| Yellow-Rumped Gray Singers, Gray Singing Finches or Grey Singing Finches (Serinus leucopygius) Range: Northern Africa | 10 cm / 4 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 14 days |
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| Yellow-rumped Finches (Lonchura flaviprymna) Range: Interior, northern, and northwestern Australia | 10.63 cm / 4.25 in | 4 to 5 eggs | 13 to 14 days |
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| Yellow-winged Pytilias (Pytilia hypogrammica) Range: Sierra Leone to Lake Chad | 11.88 cm / 4.75 in | 3 to 5 eggs | 13 days |
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| Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata or Poephila guttata) Range: Australia, except for northwestern, southeastern, and southwestern coasts | 10 cm / 4 in | 4 to 6 eggs | 12 to 14 days |
 According to RSPB, this species is well documented. According to Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this species is well documented.
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