Siskins, Crossbills and Allies
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.
- Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica
- Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Golden-rumped Euphonia Euphonia cyanocephala
- Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa
- Bronze-green Euphonia Euphonia mesochrysa
- White-lored Euphonia Euphonia chrysopasta
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
- Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
- Rufous-bellied Euphonia Euphonia rufiventris
- Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Chlorophonia flavirostris
- Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea
- Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys
- Andean Siskin Sporagra spinescens
- Hooded Siskin Sporagra magellanica
- Yellow-bellied Siskin Sporagra xanthogastra
- Saffron Siskin Sporagra siemiradzkii
- Olivaceous Siskin Sporagra olivacea
- Lesser Goldfinch Astragalinus psaltria
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