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Confusingly, only 79 of the species include "finch" in their common names, and several other families include species called finches. This list includes 18 extinct species, the Bonin grosbeak and 17 Hawaiian honeycreepers.
The name Fringillidae for the finch family was introduced in 1819 by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum. [3] [4] The taxonomy of the family, in particular the cardueline finches, has a long and complicated history.
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 family Fringillidae includes numerous birds not called "finches" in their common names, including the crossbills, siskins, and waxbills. They eat mostly small seed, usually live in trees or shrubs but are able to get along well on the ground, and usually have rather dark plumage colors without camouflaging patterns.
Pampa finch: Embernagra platensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 11 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 ...
Unlike some finch species, the American goldfinch uses its feet extensively in feeding. It frequently hangs from seedheads while feeding to reach the seeds more easily. In the spring, the American goldfinch feeds on the catkins hanging from birches and alders by pulling one up with its beak and using its toes to hold the catkin still against ...
The purple finch was designated the state bird of New Hampshire in 1957. [13] The New Hampshire red hen (breed of domestic chicken) was also proposed, but was not chosen in favor of the purple finch. [14] In 1763, Richard Brookes made the description of the female purple finch in Mexico with the name of "chiantototl" (chia seed bird). [15]
The European goldfinch, appearing in pictures of the Madonna and Christ child, represents the foreknowledge Jesus and Mary had of the Crucifixion. Examples include the Madonna del cardellino or Madonna of the Goldfinch , painted by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael in about 1505–6, in which John the Baptist offers a European goldfinch to ...