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. There are 11 New Jersey species.
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla (A)
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator (A)
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra (A)
- White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera (A)
- Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea (A)
- Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni (A)
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of New Jersey