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Finch vs Firetail - What's the difference?

finch | firetail |

As nouns the difference between finch and firetail

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 firetail is any Australian finch of the genus Stagonopleura.

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.

    • firetail

    English

    (wikipedia firetail) (Stagonopleura)

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia firetail)
  • Any Australian finch of the genus Stagonopleura .
  • (UK, dialect) The European redstart.

    • Synonyms

    * (European redstart) fireflirt (Webster 1913)