Fringilla 881009 194284841 2008-02-26T23:12:21Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{Taxobox | name = ''Fringilla'' | image = Fringilla coelebs chaffinch male edit2.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = [[Fringilla coelebs]] (chaffinch), male | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Fringillidae]] | genus = '''''Fringilla''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Three; see text }} The genus '''''Fringilla''''' is a small group of [[finch]]es, which are the only species in the subfamily ''Fringillinae'' The three species, which feed their young on [[insect]]s rather than seeds, are: *[[Chaffinch]] ''Fringilla coelebs'' *[[Blue Chaffinch]] ''Fringilla teydea'' *[[Brambling]] ''Fringilla montifringilla'' The other much larger subfamily is the Cardueline finches in the subfamily ''Carduelinae'' which feed their young on seeds. The ''Fringilla'' finches are [[seed]]-eating [[passerine]] [[bird]]s restricted to the Old World. These [[bird]]s have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, but feed largely on the ground. [[Category:Fringilla|*]] [[category:genera of birds]] [[cs:Pěnkava]] [[es:Fringilla]] [[eo:Fringo]] [[fr:Fringilla]] [[fi:Peipot (suku)]] [[sv:Fringilla]] [[tr:İspinoz]]