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In Japan, elderberry juice is listed as an approved "natural color additive" under the Food and Sanitation Law. [24] Fibers can be dyed with elderberry juice (using alum as a mordant) to give a "muted purple" shade. [25] [26]
Black rosy-finch, Leucosticte atrata (A) 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 (A) Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra; White-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera; Pine siskin, Spinus pinus
The pine siskin was formally described in 1810 by the American ornithologist Alexander Wilson under the binomial name Fringilla pinus. [2] The specific epithet pinus is the Latin word for a "pine-tree". [3]
Gray-crowned rosy-finch, Leucosticte tephrocotis (A) Black rosy-finch, Leucosticte atrata (A) House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus (n) Purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus. Eastern (purpureus) group (A) Cassin's finch, Haemorhous cassinii (n) Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea (A) Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra (n) White-winged crossbill, Loxia ...
In 1758, the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus included the common linnet in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name, Acanthis cannabina. [2] [3] The species was formerly placed in the genus Carduelis but based on the results of a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences published in 2012, it was moved to the genus Linaria that had been introduced ...
The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly colored, usually in red or yellow and black. Some species show variation in color only in the breeding season. One species has been recorded in South Carolina.
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.
A passerine (/ ˈ p æ s ə r aɪ n /) is any bird of the order Passeriformes (/ ˈ p æ s ə r ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species.