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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.
Purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus; Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea (A) Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra (A) White-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera (A) Pine siskin, Spinus pinus; Lesser goldfinch, Spinus psaltria (A) American goldfinch, Spinus tristis; Longspurs and snow buntings. Order: Passeriformes Family: Calcariidae
The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), known colloquially as the common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal, is a bird in the genus Cardinalis.It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, New Mexico, southern Arizona, southern California, and south through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.
Below is a list of U.S. state birds as designated by each state 's, district's or territory's government. The selection of state birds began with Kentucky adopting the northern cardinal in 1926. It continued when the legislatures for Alabama, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming selected their state birds after a campaign was ...
The indigo bunting is a small bird, with a length of 11.5–13 cm (4.5–5.1 in). It displays sexual dimorphism in its coloration; the male is vibrant blue in the summer, with brightly colored plumage during the breeding season to attract a mate. It is brown during the winter months, while the female is brown year-round.
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.
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".
American rosefinch. 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 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).
Gray-crowned rosy-finch, Leucosticte tephrocotis (A) House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus (native to the southwestern U.S.; introduced to the east) Purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus; Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea; Hoary redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni (C) Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra; White-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera; Pine siskin ...