Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyFringillidae (Fringíl·lids)
- GenusFringilla (Chaffinches and Brambling)
- SpeciesFringilla coelebs (Chaffinch)
Closest Relatives at Aoraki Mount Cook National Park
European Greenfinch
Chloris chloris
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
Eurasian Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
Miromiro
Petroica macrocephala
Grey Warbler
Gerygone igata
Silvereye
Zosterops lateralis
Dunnock
Prunella modularis
New Zealand Fantail
Rhipidura fuliginosa
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelos
New Zealand Bellbird
Anthornis melanura
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Chaffinch in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park?
About 86% of visitor-days record a Chaffinch sighting in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, based on 165 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Chaffinch in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Chaffinch in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park in our monthly data.