Fringilline Finches, Cardueline Finches, and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Fringillidae
Finches are seed-eating passerines. They are small to moderately large and have strong, usually conical and sometimes very large, beaks. All have 12 tail feathers and nine primaries. They have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.
- Purple Finch, Haemorhous purpureus
- House Finch, Haemorhous mexicanus (I)
- Red Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra (A)
- Pine Siskin, Spinus pinus
- American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis
- Evening Grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus
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