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The house finch and the other two American rosefinchesare placed in the genus Haemorhous. Description. [edit] The house finch is a moderate-sized finch, 12.5 to 15 cm (5 to 6 in) long, with a wingspanof 20 to 25 cm (8 to 10 in). Body mass can vary from 16 to 27 g (9⁄16to 15⁄16 oz), with an average weight of 21 g (3⁄4 oz).
Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae. Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Six species have been recorded in Ohio. Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I) (B) Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I) (B) Passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E)
Here are the most sighted birds for April in Ohio: House sparrow. American goldfinch. Northern cardinal. Mourning dove. House finch. Common grackle. Brown-headed cowbird. Dark-eyed junco.
Fringilla cannabina Linnaeus, 1758. Carduelis cannabina (Linnaeus, 1758) The common linnet (Linaria cannabina) is a small passerine bird of the finch family, Fringillidae. It derives its common name and the scientific name, Linaria, from its fondness for hemp seeds and flax seeds—flax being the English name of the plant from which linen is made.
Carduelis tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) 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 ...
Agraphospiza rubescens (Blanford, 1872) 31. Spectacled finch. Callacanthis burtoni (Gould, 1838) 32. Golden-naped finch. Pyrrhoplectes epauletta (Hodgson, 1836) 33. Dark-breasted rosefinch.
Fringilla psaltria (protonym) Carduelis psaltriaAstragalinus psaltria. The lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) is a small finch in the genus Spinus native to the Americas. As is the case for most species in the genus Spinus, lesser goldfinch males have a black forehead, which females lack.
The pine siskin in its typical morph is a drab bird, whereas the Eurasian siskin (a bird the species does not naturally co-exist with), in many plumages, is much brighter. Adult male Eurasian siskins are bright green and yellow with a black cap, and an unstreaked throat and breast; the pine siskin does not have a corresponding bright plumage.