Chaffinch

Where to see

Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Aoraki Mount Cook National Park leads · 32 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Chaffinch during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Aoraki Mount Cook National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
~90%
2 Plitvice Lakes National Park 🇭🇷 Croatia
~90%
3 Arthur's Pass National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
~90%
4 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~80%
5 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~80%
6 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
~80%
7 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~80%
8 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~80%
9 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~70%
10 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~70%
11 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
~70%
12 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~70%
13 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~70%
14 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~70%
15 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~70%
16 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~70%
17 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~60%
18 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~60%
19 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~60%
20 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~60%
21 Hohe Tauern National Park 🇦🇹 Austria
~60%
22 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~60%
23 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
~60%
24 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~50%
25 Gauja National Park 🇱🇻 Latvia
~40%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Chaffinch?

Aoraki Mount Cook National Park

In Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Chaffinch sighting on a given day, the highest of the 32 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Chaffinch?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February and September–November in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (over 90%), September in Plitvice Lakes National Park (over 90%) and April and December in Arthur's Pass National Park (over 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Chaffinch on a given day. Each park's Chaffinch page has the full month-by-month chart.