Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Bullfinch is a name given to two groups of passerine birds. The true bullfinches are thick-billed finches in the passerine family Fringillidae. They comprise the genus Pyrrhula . These birds are restricted to the Old World, and are: Brown Bullfinch, Pyrrhula nipalensis White-cheeked Bullfinch, Pyrrhula leucogenis Orange Bullfinch, Pyrrhula aurantiaca Red-headed Bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythrocephala Gray-headed Bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythaca Eurasian Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula There is an unrelated group of New World birds also named as bullfinches because of their superficial resemblances to the above species. These passerines are the large bunting and North American sparrow family Emberizidae. Three are in the genus Loxigilla : Puerto Rican Bullfinch, Loxigilla portoricensis Greater Antillean Bullfinch, Loxigilla violacea Lesser Antillean Bullfinch, Loxigilla noctis The fourth is Cuban Bullfinch, Melopyrrha nigra This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.