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The purple finch is 12–16 cm (4.7–6.3 in) in overall length and weighs a mean 23.3 g (0.82 oz), ranging from 19.8–28.4 g (0.7 - 1.0 oz). It has a short forked brown tail and brown wings. Adult males are raspberry red on the head, breast, back and rump; their back is streaked.
Burrica mexicana. Carpodacus mexicanus. The House finch ( Haemorhous mexicanus) is a North American bird in the finch family. It is native to Mexico and southwestern United States, but has since been introduced to the eastern part of North America and Hawaii; it is now found year-round in all parts of the United States and most of Mexico, with ...
Gray-crowned rosy-finch, Leucosticte tephrocotis (A) House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus (Native to the southwestern U.S.; introduced in the east) Purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus; Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea (R) Hoary redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni (A) Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra (R) White-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera (R)
These winter migrants include the purple finch, hermit thrush, evening grosbeak, and swamp and white-throated sparrows. The first Christmas Bird Count in Great Smoky Mountains National Park was ...
The American rosefinches that form the genus Haemorhous are a group of passerine birds in the finch family Fringillidae. As the name implies ("haemo" means "blood" in Greek), various shades of red are characteristic plumage colors of this group. They are found throughout the North American continent . The genus is not closely related to the ...
The rosefinches are a genus, Carpodacus, of passerine birds in the finch family Fringillidae. Most are called "rosefinches" and as the word implies, have various shades of red in their plumage. The common rosefinch is frequently called the "rosefinch". The genus name is from the Ancient Greek terms karpos, "fruit", and dakno, "to bite".
They have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. Evening grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus (A) House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus (Native to the southwestern U.S.; introduced in the east) Cassin's finch, Haemorhous cassinii (A) Purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus
These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. Evening grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus; Pine grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator (R) House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus (native to the southwestern U.S.; introduced in the east) Purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus
House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus (Native to the southwestern U.S.; introduced in the east) Purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus; Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea; Hoary redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni; Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra; White-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera; Pine siskin, Spinus pinus; American goldfinch, Spinus tristis
The rose-breasted grosbeak ( Pheucticus ludovicianus ), colloquially called "cut-throat" due to its coloration, [2] [3] is a large, seed-eating grosbeak in the cardinal family ( Cardinalidae ). It is primarily a foliage gleaner. [4] Males have black heads, wings, backs, and tails, and a bright rose colored patch on their white breast.