Eurasian Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Linnaeus, 1758)

≈16 cmLength26 cmWingspan24 gWeight

It has a black cap and a short, stout bill, with a red breast and belly in the male and a conspicuous white rump in flight.

Busiest months: January and November · Most records: United Kingdom, Germany, Russia

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Male has a red breast and underparts
Adult has a black crown and face
Bill short, stout and black
White rump and white wing-bar conspicuous in flight

Male, female and young

Male has a red breast and underparts; in the female and juvenile these areas are yellowish-brown with a gray tinge; juvenile has a gray-brown crown and face.

Voice

Usual call is a soft, low, mournful whistle, “peeu” or “pew”; song is weak and rustling, interspersed with soft whistles and audible only at close range.

Where and when it's recorded

Eurasian Bullfinch has been recorded at 891 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 56 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Elton ReservoirUnited Kingdom1,670 records
Rutland WaterUnited Kingdom1,597 records
South Downs NP – Pulborough Brooks RSPB ReserveUnited Kingdom1,408 records

More places

Otmoor RSPB ReserveUnited Kingdom1,133 records
Leighton Moss RSPB ReserveUnited Kingdom865 records
Peak District NP – Underhill Farm, ElkstoneUnited Kingdom854 records
Aylestone Meadows LNRUnited Kingdom760 records
Woolston Eyes NRUnited Kingdom721 records
Pennington Flash LNRUnited Kingdom714 records
Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB ReserveUnited Kingdom710 records

Countries and regions with the most records

United Kingdom Germany Russia Poland Finland Spain Czechia Sweden

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Eurasian bullfinch or common bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) is a small passerine bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. In Anglophone Europe it is known simply as the bullfinch (English regional, Shropshire: plum bird), as it is the original bird to bear the name bullfinch.

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Questions

How big is the Eurasian Bullfinch?

The Eurasian Bullfinch is about ≈16 cm long, with a wingspan of 26 cm and weighs around 24 g.

Where does the Eurasian Bullfinch live?

Its breeding range: Palearctic: widespread; western, northern Europe through northern Russia and northern Mongolia to Kamchatka and south through northern, central Japan. It is most often recorded in United Kingdom, Germany and Russia.