FRINGILLIDAE
(finches and crossbills)

Interactions where FRINGILLIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is ectoparasitised by imago UK/Ireland Ornithomya chloropus a flat fly Diptera: Hippoboscidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya chloropus/Ornithomya chloropusa flat flyimago Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Fringillidae/Fringillidaefinches and crossbills imago ectoparasitises
is ectoparasitised by imago UK/IrelandMajor Ornithomya fringillina a flat fly Diptera: Hippoboscidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya fringillina/Ornithomya fringillinaa flat flyimago Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Fringillidae/Fringillidaefinches and crossbillsMajor imago ectoparasitises
gullet (lesioned) lesioned gullet may be infected by UK/IrelandMinor Trichomonas gallinae a trichomonad Trichomonad parasite infection in four species of Columbidae in the UK, Lennon,R.J., Dunn,J.C., Stockdale,J.E., Goodman,S.J., Morris,A.J. & Hamer,K.C., 2013
 /Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trichomonas gallinae/Trichomonas gallinaea trichomonad Animal / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Fringillidae/Fringillidaefinches and crossbillslesionedgulletMinor infects lesioned gullet
respiratory tract (lesioned) lesioned respiratory tract may be infected by UK/IrelandMinor Trichomonas gallinae a trichomonad Trichomonad parasite infection in four species of Columbidae in the UK, Lennon,R.J., Dunn,J.C., Stockdale,J.E., Goodman,S.J., Morris,A.J. & Hamer,K.C., 2013
 /Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trichomonas gallinae/Trichomonas gallinaea trichomonad Animal / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Fringillidae/Fringillidaefinches and crossbillslesionedrespiratory tractMinor infects lesioned respiratory tract
skull (dead) dead skull of corpse dead is eaten by ascoma Onygena equina Horn Stalkball Onygenales: Onygenaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Onygenaceae/Onygena equina/Onygena equinahorn stalkballascoma Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Fringillidae/Fringillidaefinches and crossbillsdeadskullcorpse ascoma feeds on dead dead skull of corpse

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hutson, A.M., 1984Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 7, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Lennon,R.J., Dunn,J.C., Stockdale,J.E., Goodman,S.J., Morris,A.J. & Hamer,K.C., 2013Trichomonad parasite infection in four species of Columbidae in the UKParasitology Vol 140: 1368-1376.

FRINGILLIDAE (finches and crossbills) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FRINGILLIDAE (finches and crossbills) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Chloris
a genus of birds
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Hawfinch
Species 1 references
Linaria
linnets and twites
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 references
Loxia
crossbills
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Spinus
a genus of birds
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyFRINGILLIDAE (finches and crossbills)
OrderPASSERIFORMES (perching birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for FRINGILLIDAE (finches and crossbills)

FRINGILLIDAE (finches and crossbills) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to FRINGILLIDAE (finches and crossbills):

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