List of Birds of Canada and 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.

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

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