List of Birds of The United States - Finches

Finches

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Fringillidae

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.

  • Island Canary, Serinus canaria (I)
  • Yellow-fronted Canary, Serinus mozambicus (I)
  • Common Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs (C)
  • Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla
  • Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Leucosticte tephrocotis
  • Black Rosy-Finch, Leucosticte atrata
  • Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, Leucosticte australis
  • Pine Grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator
  • Common Rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus (C)
  • Purple Finch, Haemorhous purpureus
  • Cassin's Finch, Haemorhous cassinii
  • House Finch, Haemorhous mexicanus
  • Red Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra
  • White-winged Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera
  • Common Redpoll, Acanthis flammea
  • Hoary Redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni
  • Eurasian Siskin, Spinus spinus (A)
  • Pine Siskin, Spinus pinus
  • Lesser Goldfinch, Spinus psaltria
  • Lawrence's Goldfinch, Spinus lawrencei
  • American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis
  • Oriental Greenfinch, Chloris sinica (C)
  • Eurasian Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula (C)
  • Evening Grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus
  • Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes (C)

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