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Finches - including goldfinches and chaffinches, siskins, euphonias
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae (finches - including goldfinches and chaffinches, siskins, euphonias)
Species on page - 5 species in 3 genera depicted
Wikipedia says "The Fringillidae family contains 219 species divided into 52 genera and three subfamilies."
But this includes a number of extinct species, and genera.
Another source says 133 extant species.
iNaturalist list 43 extant genera.
Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
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House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
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Lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
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America goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
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Pine siskin (Spinus pinus)
Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Chaffinch seated
House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
Finch in the house
Male house finch
Female house finch
Lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
Lesser goldfinch
Lesser goldfinch ( Spinus psaltria)
Family: Fringillidae (finches - including goldfinches and chaffinches, siskins, euphonias)
Eleanor Pardee Park
February 24, 2025
Canon R5
Lesser goldfinch
Lesser goldfinch ( Spinus psaltria)
Family: Fringillidae (finches - including goldfinches and chaffinches, siskins, euphonias)
Eleanor Pardee Park
February 24, 2025
Canon R5
Lesser goldfinch ( Spinus psaltria)
Family: Fringillidae (finches - including goldfinches and chaffinches, siskins, euphonias)
Eleanor Pardee Park
May 17, 2019
Canon 7DmarkII
Finding gold
More lesser
Lesser
Goldfinch in fennel
American goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
American goldfinch
Pine siskin (Spinus pinus)
Siskin
Pine siskin (Spinus pinus)
Family: Fringillidae (finches, euphonias, siskins
Sam McDonald Park - 2024
February 24, 2024
Canon R5
First capture
I love the Latin name
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Created: November 1, 2014 (from sandpiper.html)
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