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Finch vs Bluebill - What's the difference?

finch | bluebill |

As nouns the difference between finch and bluebill

is that finch is any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak while bluebill is the scaup (of genus Aythya.

As a verb finch

is to hunt for finches, to go finching.

As a proper noun Finch

is {{surname}.

finch

English

(wikipedia finch)

Noun

(es)
  • Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

    • Derived terms

    * bullfinch * chaffinch * * * goldfinch * * greenfinch * hawfinch * * * * rosefinch * * *

    See also

    * brambling * canary * crossbill * redpoll * serin * siskin

    Verb

    (es)
  • To hunt for finches, to go finching.

    • bluebill

    English

    (wikipedia bluebill) (Aythya)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the scaup (of genus Aythya )
  • Spermophaga , estrildid finches found in tropical Africa.

    • Hyponyms

    * (scaup) greater scaup, lesser scaup

    See also

    * Argentine blue-bill