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The family Fringillidae are the "true" finches. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 239 species in the family, distributed among three subfamilies and 50 genera. Confusingly, only 79 of the species include "finch" in their common names, and several other families include species called finches.
The pink-browed Rosefinch is a medium-sized bird, about 14-15 centimeters and 16-20 grams. It is a slender bird with a pointed beak, indented tail, and black eyes. The male is a bright raspberry color with an eyestripe and “browed” facial patterns. The bird's underparts are a reddish brown color, and the breast and upper belly are mauve.
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".
Serra finch: Embernagra longicauda Strickland, 1844: 12 Lesser grass finch: Emberizoides ypiranganus Ihering, HFA & Ihering, R, 1907: 13 Wedge-tailed grass finch: Emberizoides herbicola (Vieillot, 1817) 14 Duida grass finch: Emberizoides duidae Chapman, 1929: 15 Great Inca finch: Incaspiza pulchra (Sclater, PL, 1886) 16 Rufous-backed Inca finch
The house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) is a North American bird in the finch family.It is native to Mexico and southwestern United States, but has since been introduced to the eastern part of North America and Hawaii; it is now found year-round in all parts of the United States and most of Mexico, with some residing near the border of Canada.
The Sinai rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.The male has a pink face and breast with a whitish forehead and crown and the female is pale gray-brown overall with a whitish belly.
The beak is small, conical, and pink for most of the year, but turns bright orange with the spring molt in both sexes. [12] The shape and size of the beak aid in the extraction of seeds from the seed heads of thistles, sunflowers, and other plants. [13] The American goldfinch undergoes a molt in the spring and autumn.
Gray-crowned rosy finch L. t. littoralis - Mount Adams, Washington. Within the finch family, the gray-crowned rosy finch is medium-large with a comparatively long notched tail and wing. [9] [6] Adults are brown on the back and breast and mainly pink on the rest of the underparts and the wings. The forehead and throat are black; the back of the ...