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title: "African Chaffinch"
description: "Fringilla spodiogenys — Ptaki. The African chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys) is a species of passerine bird in the genus Fringilla."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/african-chaffinch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African Chaffinch

> Fringilla spodiogenys — Ptaki. The African chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys) is a species of passerine bird in the genus Fringilla.

- Scientific name: *Fringilla spodiogenys*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 1631
- iNaturalist taxon: [1504820](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1504820)

## Names

- en: African Chaffinch
- de: Afrikanischer Buchfink
- es: Pinzón africano
- fr: Pinson d'Afrique

## Countries with the most observations

DZ (687), MA (652), ES (94), TN (33)

## Summary

The African chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys) is a species of passerine bird in the genus Fringilla. The African chaffinch is found from southern Morocco to northwestern Libya, and in Italy on the islands of Lampedusa and Pantelleria, off the Tunisian coast in the Strait of Sicily region; there is also an isolated population in northeastern Libya. It was formerly considered as two African subspecies of the Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs). Its habitat includes deciduous forests and lowlands, and during the nonbreeding season extends its habitat to open areas including weedy fields and olive groves.
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Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_chaffinch

## Photo

![African Chaffinch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-chaffinch/medium.jpg)

Photo: North Ross · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331433199

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-chaffinch?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).