The most common bird in Switzerland! Found in parks, gardens, forests and woodlands up to and beyond the tree-line. It has a very characteristic rolling song.
All in Fringillidae
LINNET (Carduelis cannabina) - Linotte mélodieuse
This beautiful little bird can be found in open and semi-open country, common in the lowlands and again around 2000m , less common at intermediate altitudes. It has a very melodious song as the French name suggests.
GOLDFINCH (Carduelis carduelis) -Chardonneret élégant
One of our most beautiful finches, often found in twittering flocks from which it is hard to distinguish its rather hurried but pretty song.
GREENFINCH (Carduelis chloris) - Verdier d’Europe
A great looking bird with a very lively cheerful song usually delivered from an exposed perch.
SISKIN (Carduelis spinosa) - Tarin des aulnes
Often seen in large flocks in winter. Its chattering song and active behaviour, with distinctive black cap of the males makes it easily identified.
CITRIL FINCH (Serinus citrinella) -Venturon montagnard
A small finch of the mountains, yellow-green like a Greenfinch, but smaller with a grey neck in the male. It has a quite complex song, and is more easily identified from a musical call-note.
SERIN (Serinus serinus) - Serin cini
A dumpy little finch of gardens and forest edge, yellowish and streaked. It has a rather frantic sounding tinkling song.
BULLFINCH (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) - Bouvreuil pivoine
The male Bullfinch is beautiful bird with pink breast and black cap. Rather shy it is usually seen high in the treetops where it sings a quiet and rather mournful song.
HAWFINCH (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) - Grosbec casse-noyaux
The biggest of our finches but the Hawfinch is a rather shy retiring bird which makes a very high-pitched quiet call.