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Fringilline and Cardueline Finches and Allies

23 Bird Species

American Goldfinch

Small finch varying from bright yellow to drab brown. Short, thick, pointy bill. Pink legs. Alternate Male: bright yellow with black cap, forehead and eye. Pink bill. Black wings with yellow lesser coverts, two white wingbars and white tertial edges. Black tail with white streaks. White rump and unde more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 23 cm

Asian Rosy-Finch

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Length: 17 cm Wingspan: cm

Black Rosy-Finch

This species is much darker than the other two Rosy-Finches. The bill is black in summer, yellowish in winter, with white feathers covering the nostrils. In flight, the underside of the wings appear silvery on the flight feathers, similar to the other Rosy-Finches. Adult Male: Blackish-brown overall more...

Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 24 cm

Brambling

This species is a rare visitor from Eurasia. In all plumages, note the white rump visible in flight. Alternate Male: Strikingly patterned with black head, back, and tail. The throat, breast, and shoulders are rusty-orange. The belly is white with dark spots along the flanks. The black wings show a bu more...

Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 22 cm

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Of the three species of Rosy-Finch, Brown-capped has the least amount of gray on the head and the most southerly breeding range. The bill is black in summer, yellowish in winter, with white feathers covering the nostrils. Adult Male: Cinnamon brown overall, with reddish pink on the belly and pink edg more...

Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 24 cm

Cassin's Finch

Sparrow-sized finch with relatively long wings and notched tail. Adult males have light pinkish throat and breast, blending with white belly. Brownish face with pink wash on eyebrow and submoustachial stripe. Bright red crown. Heavily streaked back with pinkish wash. Pink rump. Flanks and undertail c more...

Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 25 cm

Common Chaffinch

Distinctive medium-sized finch. Adult male: Brownish face with dark eye. Black forehead with gray crown and extensive gray nape. Medium-length conical bill is grayish. Brownish-pink breast blending with blurry white belly and clean white undertail coverts. Rich brown back and scapulars. Black wings more...

Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 24 cm

Common Redpoll

A small finch of the far north. Adult male has black chin and lores, red crown, tiny yellow bill, and gray body plumage with pink wash on breast, dark streaks on sides, dark gray back with black streaks, and black wings with white wingbars. Female and first-year birds lack pink wash on breast. Darker more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 23 cm

Common Rosefinch

Small plump finch, suggests a compacted Purple or House Finch. Both males and females have less pattern on the head than other Carpodacus finches. Noticeable curvature of the culmen makes the horn-colored bill look stubby and hooked. Tail is rather short and slightly notched. Adult male: Has rosy-re more...

Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 24 cm

Eurasian Bullfinch

A chunky, stocky, Eurasian finch, rare to Alaska. Male is distinctive and colorful with bright rosy-red underparts and cheeks, black crown and throat, thick and stubby black bill, gray nape and back, black wings with wide pale wing bar, white belly and rump, and clean black tail. Female is similar, w more...

Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 25 cm

Eurasian Siskin

Small finch. Small pointed bill and short forked tail. Adult male distinctive. Yellow face. Dark eye. Olive-brown cheek. Olive-brown back of crown blending with black fore crown. Black forehead, lores and chin. Pink bill. Olive-brown nape. Yellow breast blending with white belly. Sparse blurry dark more...

Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 22 cm

Evening Grosbeak

This large finch is readily recognized by its massive pale bill, which is the color of dried corn, and a bold wing pattern that features a large white patch in the secondaries. A large head and heavy torso combine with a short tail to produce a very stocky appearance. Male: Brownish-black head and b more...

Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 33 cm

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Alternate Adult is chocolate brown above, with frosty pinkish-gray edges to most of the back feathers, and black wings edged in pink. Underparts characterized by warm brown breast and belly feathers edged in dull pink, transitioning into rosy-pink flanks and uppertail coverts. Head may be almost enti more...

Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 33 cm

Hawfinch

Eurasian species; rare visitor to Western Alaska. Adult male is chunky, stocky, large-headed and short-tailed, somewhat like related Evening Grosbeak; note very thick bluish bill, warm brownish head, pale eye, black throat, sandy-brown underparts and nape, greenish-brown back, and black wings with wh more...

Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 33 cm

Hoary Redpoll

A small finch of the far north. Adult male has black chin and lores, red crown, tiny yellow bill, and whitish body plumage with faint pink wash on breast, faint streaks on sides, light back with dark streaks, and black wings with broad white wingbars and white edging on secondaries. Female and first- more...

Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 23 cm

House Finch

Sparrow-sized finch with a long, mostly square tail and a thick gray bill with curved culmen. Males usually have a bright red-orange patch on breast and throat, and on forehead and eyebrow. A small portion of the population is xanthochromatic. On such individuals, parts of the plumage that would norm more...

Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 25 cm

Non-vegetated Areas

5 species

Asian Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte arctoa

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Black Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte atrata

Alpine Slopes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte australis

Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Bare Rocky Slopes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte tephrocotis

Alpine Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Hoary Redpoll

Acanthis hornemanni

Bare Rocky Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest

Salt Water

0 species

Human-altered Areas

19 species

American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands

Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte australis

Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Bare Rocky Slopes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Common Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest

Common Redpoll

Acanthis flammea

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest

Common Rosefinch

Haemorhous erythrinus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Thickets

Eurasian Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest

Eurasian Siskin

Spinus spinus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest

Evening Grosbeak

Coccothraustes vespertinus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte tephrocotis

Alpine Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Hawfinch

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Eastern Deciduous Forest

Hoary Redpoll

Acanthis hornemanni

Bare Rocky Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest

House Finch

Haemorhous 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

Lawrence's Goldfinch

Spinus lawrencei

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Lesser Goldfinch

Spinus 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

Oriental Greenfinch

Chloris sinica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest

Pine Siskin

Spinus pinus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands

Purple Finch

Haemorhous purpureus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Western Confierous Forest

White-winged Crossbill

Loxia leucoptera

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Boreal Forest

Fresh Water

2 species

Common Rosefinch

Haemorhous erythrinus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Thickets

Oriental Greenfinch

Chloris sinica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest

Grassland and Scrubland

12 species

American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands

Asian Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte arctoa

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Black Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte atrata

Alpine Slopes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte australis

Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Bare Rocky Slopes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Common Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest

Evening Grosbeak

Coccothraustes vespertinus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte tephrocotis

Alpine Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Hoary Redpoll

Acanthis hornemanni

Bare Rocky Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest

House Finch

Haemorhous mexicanus

Lawrence's Goldfinch

Spinus lawrencei

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Lesser Goldfinch

Spinus psaltria

Oriental Greenfinch

Chloris sinica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest

Forest and Woodlands

19 species