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Fringilline and Cardueline Finches and Allies23 Bird Species
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Lawrence's GoldfinchThis species appears somewhat longer-tailed than other goldfinches. Large white spots on the underside of the tail are distinctive. In all plumages the bill is a dull pinkish color. Male: Pale to medium gray overall, with a black face and yellowish rump. The black wings have broad yellow patches, and more... Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 21 cm |
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Lesser GoldfinchThis is North America's smallest finch, with a short tail and a very pointed, dark, conical bill. Males show two color morphs; those in the eastern part of the range have black backs, while western birds are green-backed. Adult Male: The forehead and crown are jet black; wings are blackish with a bro more... Length: 9 cm Wingspan: 20 cm |
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Oriental GreenfinchSmall, stocky finch with a short, notched tail and stubby, pinkish bill. Yellow patch on primaries distinctive. Adult male: Olive-brown with a grayish cap. Black lores. Dark wings with white-edged feathers and large yellow patch a the base of the primaries. Adult female: Similar to male but with ligh more... Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 23 cm |
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Pine GrosbeakA large, bulky finch of northern latitudes. Adult male has plain raspberry-red head and breast, with variable red on clean gray underparts, red rump, blackish wings with white wing bars and white-edged flight feathers, plain dark tail, and short, thick, dark bill. Female lacks red on clean gray pluma more... Length: 23 cm Wingspan: 37 cm |
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Pine SiskinThough suggestive of a female Purple, House, or Cassin's Finch, this goldfinch-sized bird will be noticeably smaller, more crisply and densely streaked overall with a smaller very pointed bill. All ages are similar in appearance, with some variation in the amount of streaking on the underparts and th more... Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 23 cm |
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Purple FinchThis sparrow-sized finch has a chunky body and a proportionally large head with a stubby conical beak and a short, notched tail. Adult males have dark red face and crown, with red extending well onto chest and flanks. White belly, with blurry, brownish streaks. Reddish-brown face with red on the eye more... Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 23 cm |
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Red CrossbillAdult male is orangish red overall with plain red underparts, red head with dusky auriculars, red back, plain blackish wings and tail, and namesake large bill with crossed upper and lower mandible tips; crossing can be difficult to see at a distance. Female is greenish-yellow, not red. Immature males more... Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 28 cm |
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White-winged CrossbillAt close range, note the crossed mandibles. In all of its variable plumages, white wing bars distinguish this species from Red Crossbill. Adult Male: Pinkish-red overall, dulling to gray on the flanks and undertail coverts, which may show some streaking. First year males are lighter pink, orangish-re more... Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 24 cm |
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Lawrence's Goldfinch
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Lesser Goldfinch
14 Photographs -
Oriental Greenfinch
0 Photographs -
Pine Grosbeak
21 Photographs -
Pine Siskin
11 Photographs -
Purple Finch
11 Photographs -
Red Crossbill
16 Photographs -
White-winged Crossbill
20 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas |
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Asian Rosy-FinchLeucosticte arctoa |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Black Rosy-FinchLeucosticte atrata |
Alpine Slopes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Brown-capped Rosy-FinchLeucosticte australis |
Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Bare Rocky Slopes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotis |
Alpine Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Hoary RedpollAcanthis hornemanni |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
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Salt Water0 species |
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Human-altered Areas |
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American GoldfinchSpinus tristis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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BramblingFringilla montifringilla |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest |
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Brown-capped Rosy-FinchLeucosticte australis |
Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Bare Rocky Slopes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest |
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Common RedpollAcanthis flammea |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest |
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Common RosefinchHaemorhous erythrinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Thickets |
Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest |
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Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest |
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Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotis |
Alpine Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Eastern Deciduous Forest |
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Hoary RedpollAcanthis hornemanni |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
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House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Lawrence's GoldfinchSpinus lawrencei |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands |
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Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinica |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest |
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Pine SiskinSpinus pinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Western Confierous Forest |
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White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest |
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Fresh Water |
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Common RosefinchHaemorhous erythrinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Thickets |
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Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinica |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
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American GoldfinchSpinus tristis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Asian Rosy-FinchLeucosticte arctoa |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Black Rosy-FinchLeucosticte atrata |
Alpine Slopes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Brown-capped Rosy-FinchLeucosticte australis |
Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Bare Rocky Slopes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest |
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Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotis |
Alpine Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Hoary RedpollAcanthis hornemanni |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
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House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Lawrence's GoldfinchSpinus lawrencei |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands |
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Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinica |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest |
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Forest and Woodlands |
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BramblingFringilla montifringilla |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest |
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Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassinii |
Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest |
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Common RedpollAcanthis flammea |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest |
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Common RosefinchHaemorhous erythrinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Thickets |
Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest |
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Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest |
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Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Eastern Deciduous Forest |
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Hoary RedpollAcanthis hornemanni |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
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House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Lawrence's GoldfinchSpinus lawrencei |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands |
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Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinica |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest |
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Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator |
Boreal Forest, Western Confierous Forest |
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Pine SiskinSpinus pinus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Western Confierous Forest |
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Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra |
Boreal Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest |