Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyFringillidae (Fringíl·lids)
- GenusFringilla (Chaffinches and Brambling)
- SpeciesFringilla coelebs (Chaffinch)
Closest Relatives at Fiordland National Park
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
Eurasian Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
European Greenfinch
Chloris chloris
New Zealand Fantail
Rhipidura fuliginosa
New Zealand Bellbird
Anthornis melanura
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
Tūī
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
Grey Warbler
Gerygone igata
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
Miromiro
Petroica macrocephala
Silvereye
Zosterops lateralis
South Island Robin
Petroica australis
📅 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 Fiordland National Park?
About 69% of visitor-days record a Chaffinch sighting in Fiordland National Park, based on 1176 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Chaffinch in Fiordland National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Chaffinch in Fiordland National Park in our monthly data.