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title: "Zięba zwyczajna"
description: "Fringilla coelebs — Ptaki. The Eurasian chaffinch, common chaffinch, or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) is a common and widespread small passerine bird – in the finch family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-chaffinch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Zięba zwyczajna

> Fringilla coelebs — Ptaki. The Eurasian chaffinch, common chaffinch,  or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) is a common and widespread small passerine bird –  in the finch family.

- Scientific name: *Fringilla coelebs*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 209352
- Wikidata: [Q25383](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25383)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10070](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10070)

## Names

- en: Common Chaffinch
- de: Buchfink
- es: Pinzón vulgar
- fr: Pinson des arbres
- nl: Vink
- pt: Tentilhão-comum
- pl: Zięba zwyczajna

## Countries with the most observations

RU (55518), GB (17017), DE (16868), FR (15066), ES (11695), IT (10069), AT (5361), NZ (4750), UA (4421), CH (3337), PT (2998), NL (2815)

## Summary

The Eurasian chaffinch, common chaffinch,  or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) is a common and widespread small passerine bird –  in the finch family. The male is brightly coloured with a blue-grey cap and rust-red underparts. The female is more subdued in colouring, but both sexes have two contrasting white wing bars and white sides to the tail. The male bird has a strong voice and sings from exposed perches to attract a mate.
The chaffinch breeds in much of Europe, across the Palearctic to Siberia. The female builds a nest with a deep cup in the fork of a tree. The clutch is typically four or five eggs,…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_chaffinch

## Photo

![Zięba zwyczajna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-chaffinch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Malcolm James Haddow · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147533979

## Machine access

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