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| - | [[category:incomplete]] | + | [[Image:House_Finch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br/>Photo by {{user|skiel|skiel}} <br />Orange County, [[New York]], [[USA]]]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Carpodacus|Carpodacus]] mexicanus | | ;[[:Category:Carpodacus|Carpodacus]] mexicanus |
| - | [[Image:House_Finch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by skiel <br/>Male<br/>Photographed: Orange County, [[New York]], USA.]] | |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | L. 5-6" (13-15 cm). | + | L. 5-6" (13-15 cm)<br /> |
| - | ====Male==== | + | '''Male'''<br /> |
| - | Bright red on crown, breast, and rump | + | Bright red on crown, breast, and rump. A yellow carotinoid variant is sometimes seen (photo below).<br /> |
| - | ====Female==== | + | '''Female'''<br /> |
| | Plain, unstriped head and heavy streaking on light underside | | Plain, unstriped head and heavy streaking on light underside |
| - | ====Immature males==== | + | [[Image:HouseFinchFemale_Honolulu.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|AlanR|AlanR}}<br />[[Honolulu]], March 2007]] |
| - | Less highly coloured, often orangish or yellowish on head and breast. | + | [[Image:Housefinch yellow variant.jpg|thumb|350px|left|The yellow carotinoid variant<br />Photo by {{user|digishooter|digishooter}}<br />Kern Co, CA, [[USA]], May 2011]] |
| | | | |
| | + | '''Immature males'''<br /> |
| | + | Less highly coloured, often orangish or yellowish on head and breast |
| | + | |
| | + | '''Geographical variation'''<br /> |
| | + | In north-west Mexico is a region where House Finch males are extensively red and with much less brownish streaking on the underside<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> (probably subspecies ''ruberrimus''). |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | [[North America]], [[Canada]] to southern [[Mexico]] | | [[North America]], [[Canada]] to southern [[Mexico]] |
| - | | |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | Polytypic. Consists of twelve subspecies. | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| | + | Polytypic. Consists of twelve subspecies: |
| | + | *''C. m. frontalis'': South-western [[Canada]] to western [[US]], [[Baja California]] and north-western [[Mexico]] |
| | + | *''C. m. clementis'': Channel Islands (off southern [[California]]) and Los Coronados Islands (off northern Baja) |
| | + | *''C. m. amplus'': Guadalupe Island (off [[Baja California]]) |
| | + | [[Image:House-Finch4.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Young Male<br />Photo by {{user|UncleGus_24|UncleGus_24}}<br />Green Valley, [[Arizona]], [[USA]], February 2010]] |
| | + | *''C. m. ruberrimus'': Southern [[Baja California]] and north-western [[Mexico]] (Sonora, southern Sinaloa and south-western Chihuahua) |
| | + | *''C. m. rhodopnus'': Arid tropical central Sinaloa |
| | + | *''C. m. coccineus'': Mountains of south-western [[Mexico]] (southern Nayarit and western Zacatecas to western Michoacán) |
| | + | *''C. m. potosinus'': Southern [[Texas]] (Rio Grande Valley) to Chihuahua and south-western Tamaulipas |
| | + | *''C. m. centralis'': Central [[Mexico|Mexican]] plateau (Guanajuato, Querétaro and adjacent states) |
| | + | *''C. m. mexicanus'': South central [[Mexico|Mexican]] plateau (eastern Michoacán to Hidalgo and Oaxaca) |
| | + | *''C. m. roseipectus'': Southern [[Mexico]] (southern Puebla and Valley of Oaxaca) |
| | + | *''C. m. griscomi'': South-western [[Mexico]] (Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero) |
| | + | |
| | + | *''C. m. mcgregori'': Formerly San Benito and Cedros island (off [[Baja California]]). Extinct |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Deserts, orchards, coastal valleys and forests. | | Deserts, orchards, coastal valleys and forests. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | ====Breeding==== | | ====Breeding==== |
| - | A tightly woven, compact nest is made and set in a bush, thicket, natural cavity, or on a building. 3-5 bluish, lightly streaked or spotted eggs are laid. | + | A tightly woven, compact nest is made and set in a bush, thicket, natural cavity, or on a building. The clutch consists of 3-5 bluish, lightly streaked or spotted eggs. |
| | ====Diet==== | | ====Diet==== |
| | Diet includes insects and grass seeds. | | Diet includes insects and grass seeds. |
| - | | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1732763#post1732763 Birdforum thread] discussing redder House Finch in Mexico |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Carpodacus+mexicanus}} | | {{GSearch|Carpodacus+mexicanus}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Carpodacus]] | | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Carpodacus]] |
L. 5-6" (13-15 cm)
Male
Bright red on crown, breast, and rump. A yellow carotinoid variant is sometimes seen (photo below).
Female
Plain, unstriped head and heavy streaking on light underside
Polytypic. Consists of twelve subspecies:
A tightly woven, compact nest is made and set in a bush, thicket, natural cavity, or on a building. The clutch consists of 3-5 bluish, lightly streaked or spotted eggs.
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