List of Arizona-SW Birds (Yuma County, Arizona) - Fringilline Finches, Cardueline Finches, and Allies

Fringilline Finches, Cardueline Finches, and Allies

Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae/ See Finch(Fringillidae), Carduelis
Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and 9 primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species world wide, and ?20 North American species. The 9 listed Finches and allies, are mostly Winter Residents, or Permanent.

• (SW) Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus, (–Winters–), Oct–Jan
• Cassin's Finch, Carpodacus cassinii, (–Intermittent Winter Range–), Nov–Dec
• ( * SW) House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, Permanent
• Red Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra, (C) Permanent: Mtns: Northern and E. Ariz. (Observed in Lower Colo. R. Valley from Aug–Dec)
• (SW) Pine Siskin, Carduelis pinus, (–Winter Range–)
• ( * SW) Lesser Goldfinch, Carduelis psaltria, Permanent
• ( * SW) Lawrence's Goldfinch, Carduelis lawrencei, (–Winter Range–)- (–locales–)
• (SW) American Goldfinch, Carduelis tristis, (–Winter Range–)
• (SW) Evening Grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus, Permanent: Mtns: NE(Four Corners), E Mtns, and SE Ariz Biome, (Observed in Lower Colo. R. Valley from Oct–Nov)

• Lesser Goldfinch
  Carduelis psaltria

• American Goldfinch
  Carduelis tristis

• House Sparrow
  Passer domesticus