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The purple finch population has been displaced from some breeding season habitats in the Eastern United States following the introduction of the house finch, which is native to the western U.S. and Mexico. The two species share a similar niche, with the house finch often outcompeting the purple finch during the summer.
Cassin's finch: western North America as far south as northern New Mexico and Arizona; also Southern California near Baja California. Haemorhous purpureus: Purple finch: Canada and the northeastern United States Haemorhous mexicanus: House finch: North America from southern Canada to the Mexican state of Oaxaca
They found that the three North American rosefinches, namely Cassin's finch, purple finch, and house finch, formed a separate clade that was not closely related to the Palearctic rosefinches. They proposed moving the three species to a separate genus Haemorhous.
The house finch is a moderate-sized finch, 12.5 to 15 cm (5 to 6 in) long, with a wingspan of 20 to 25 cm (8 to 10 in). Body mass can vary from 16 to 27 g ( to oz), with an average weight of 21 g ( oz).
Finch. The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches generally have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usually resident and do not migrate. They have a worldwide native distribution except ...
A potential confusion species also is the female purple finch ( Haemorhous purpureus ), but that species is noticeably smaller with a less robust bill and a notched tail. [19] The song is a subdued mellow warbling, resembling a more refined, sweeter version of the American robin 's ( Turdus migratorius ).
Village indigobird. The village indigobird ( Vidua chalybeata ), also known as the steelblue widowfinch or (in U.S. aviculture) the Combassou finch, is a small songbird belonging to the family Viduidae. It is distinguishable from other indigobird species by bill and leg colours, the colour tinge of the male's breeding plumage, song, and to ...
Purple finch: Haemorhous purpureus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 108 Cassin's finch: Haemorhous cassinii (Baird, SF, 1854) 109 House finch: Haemorhous mexicanus (Müller, PLS, 1776) 110 European greenfinch: Chloris chloris (Linnaeus, 1758) 111 Grey-capped greenfinch: Chloris sinica (Linnaeus, 1766) 112 Bonin greenfinch: Chloris kittlitzi (Seebohm, 1890) 113
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Cassin's finch (Haemorhous cassinii) is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. This species and the other "American rosefinches" are placed in the genus Haemorhous. Description. Measurements: Length: 6.3 in (16 cm) Weight: 0.8-1.2 oz (24-34 g) Wingspan: 9.8-10.6 in (25-27 cm) Adults have a short forked brown tail and brown wings.