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Home Subjects Covers About Contact The House Finch, (Haemorhous mexicanus) has had an interesting history. Originally residing in the southwestern US and Mexico, some were brought to New York in the 1940’s and sold illegally as “Hollywood Finches” To avoid prosecution under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, they were released. They became established and spread […]
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is a member of the family of true finches, Fringillidae. It is the only member of the subfamily Cardulinae to under a molt twice a year (spring & autumn) It’s generic name had recently been Carduelis but now it has reverted to Linnaeus’s original
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Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a member of the finch family, Fringillidae that has their bill crossed at the tip, enabling them to extract seeds from conifer cones. With variations, males tend to be red or orange, while females are yellowish or greenish. Breeding in the spruce forests of
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Pine Grosbeaks, (Pinacola enucleator) are true finches, in the family Fringillidae, living in coniferous woods of the subarctic of North America and Eurasia. They favor fruit, such as Mountain Ash, and may venture much further south in winter when crops are low. Males have pink color while females have
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) is a member of the family Fringillidae that breeds in coniferous, mixed forests in Canada, the northern US and some parts of the west coast. Those in northern Canada migrate to the south US in winter, while others remain where they are. Its population has
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Common Redpoll, (Acanthis flammea) is in the finch family Fringillidae, along with the Hoary Redpoll were recently in the genus Carduelis, but this just changed recently when it was determined they form a distinct lineage. It has a distribution in the north of North America and Eurasia, moving southward
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Hoary Redpoll, (Acanthis hornemanni) is in the Finch Family Fringillidae, and breeds in the tundra birch forest, moving southward in winter. It resembles the Common Redpoll but is usually lighter. It has an unstreaked pale rump patch and a uniformly pale vent area. Acanthis hornemanni HOARY REDPOLL *gallery moved,
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Evening Grosbeak, (Coccothraustes vespertinus) is in the finch family, Fringillidae. It breeds in coniferous and mixed forest across Canada and south to Mexico in the mountains. They move south in winter and sometimes irrupt further than usual. Family Fringillidae (FINCHES) Coccothraustes vespertinus EVENING GROSBEAK click on image to
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Calcariidae (Longspurs & Snow Buntings) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Lapland Longspur McCown’s Longspur Smith’s Longspur Snow Bunting Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Snow Bunting, (Plectrophenax nivalis) has recently been moved, along with Longspurs, from the Sparrow family, Emberizidae, to a new family Calcariidae, after DNA studies provided deeper insight into evolutionary histories. It breeds with a circumpolar range in the Arctic and is the mostly northerly member of the family
