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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Violet-green Swallow is a member of the family Hirudinidae, which is in the Order Passeriformes. They breed in the west from Alaska to Mexico as far east as Texas and Montana. It is a cavity nester that may uses trees, cracks in cliffs or human structures. They are […]
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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Tree Swallow is a member of the family Hirundinidae, within the Order Passeriformes with a breeding range over much of the US and Canada. Males are iridescent blue on the back, while females are brown. It likes open or wooded areas near water and nests in natural or
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Purple Martin, Progne subis is in the swallow family Hirundinidae, within the great Order Passeriformes. It is the largest swallow in North America, with a breeding range over most of the eastern US and down into Mexico. They have become almost entirely dependent on humans for nesting structures,
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis is a member of the family Hirundinidae within the Order Passeriformes. It is native to southern Canada, the US and Central America. Those north of Mexico migrate to the Gulf Coast and Central or South America for the winter. Stelgidopteryx serripennis NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED
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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Cliff Swallows, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, are colonial nesters of the family Hirundinidae in the Order Passeriformes. They were recently in the genus Hirundo, but this was changed with DNA analysis. They breed across much of the US and Canada and less is know about their wintering range in South America.
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact the Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica is a member of the family Hiundinidae within the Order Passeriformes and is the most widespread swallow in the world, with 6 subspecies breeding across the Northern Hemisphere. Inhabiting open country, it uses man-made structures for nesting and has followed the spread of humans
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Bank Swallows belong to the family Hirundinidae in the Order Passeriformes and nest in burrows they dig in sand or gravel, usually near large bodies of water. They are social, breeding in colonies. Riparia riparia BANK SWALLOW click picture for photo gallery Papilionidae (SWALLOWTAILS & PARNASSIANS) VIDEOS https://youtu.be/szcu0vySm-ghttps://youtu.be/PD0JAE2-KHU Facebook-f
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Fringillidae (True Finches, Redpolls, Crossbills) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Hoary Redpoll Common Redpoll European Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak Cassin’s Finch House Finch Purple Finch Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Pine Grosbeak Lawrence’s Goldfinch Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) is a North American species in the finch family Fringillidae that breeds mainly in coniferous forests across Canada, Alaska and some mountainous areas in the western US. Their winter movements are unpredictable varied, that is, irruptive. Family FRINGILLIDAE (True Finches) click image to open
Home Subjects Covers About Contact True finches constitute the bird family Fringillidae. They have beaks adapted for eating seeds and nuts, and are often brightly colored. they are distributed all over the world except the polar regions and Australia, with 50 genera and over 250 species. Other common names applied are grosbeaks, siskins and redpolls.
