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The purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus) is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. It breeds in the northern United States, southern Canada, and the west coast of North America.
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).
Orange-crowned euphonia: Euphonia saturata: Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru Plumbeous euphonia: Euphonia plumbea: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Purple-throated euphonia: Euphonia chlorotica: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
The American goldfinch ( Spinus tristis) is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid- Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada–United States border to Mexico during the winter. The only finch in its subfamily to undergo a complete molt, the American ...
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".
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
Domestic canary. The domestic canary, often simply known as the canary ( Serinus canaria forma domestica [5] ), is a domesticated form of the wild canary, a small songbird in the finch family originating from the Macaronesian Islands (the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands ). Canaries were first bred in captivity in the 17th century, having ...
The family Fringillidae are the "true" finches. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 240 species in the family, distributed among three subfamilies and 50 genera. Confusingly, only 78 of the species include "finch" in their common names, and several other families include species called finches.
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 lesser extent, the ...
This bird is commonly around 20-30 cm. It is a small and bulky bird with a short, black beak. It has a black head with a white colored strip running towards its back. Tanager Fitch’s have a white stomach, which contrasts its rust or light orange body color, and dark brown legs.