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[[Image:House_Finch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by skiel <br/>Photographed: Orange County, New York, USA.
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Photographed: Orange County, New York, USA.
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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5-6" (13-15 cm). Sparrow-sized. Most adult males bright red on crown, breast, and rump, but less extensively so than male Cassin's and Purple Finches. Female has plain, unstriped head and heavy streaking on light underside. Immature males less highly colored, often orangish or yellowish on head and breast.
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5-6" (13-15 cm). Bright red on crown, breast, and rump. Female has plain, unstriped head and heavy streaking on light underside. Immature males less highly coloured, often orangish or yellowish on head and breast.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Resident throughout western North America, from southern Canada to southern Mexico, and east to Nebraska. Introduced and now widespread in eastern North America.
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[[North America]], [[Canada]] to southern [[Mexico]]
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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In the East, cities and residential areas; in the West, Chaparral, deserts, and orchards, as well as coastal valleys that were formerly forested with redwood, cedar, or Douglas fir but have now become suburban.
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Deserts, orchards, coastal valleys and forests.
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==Behaviour==
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==Nesting==
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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.
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3-5 bluish, lightly streaked or spotted eggs, with each pair breeding 2-4 times a summer; tightly woven, compact nest set in a bush, thicket, natural cavity, or on a building.
 
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Voice: A chirp call like that of a young House Sparrow. The song is an extensive series of warbling notes ending in a zeee, canarylike but without the musical trills and rolls. Sings from a high tree, antenna, or similar post for prolonged periods.
 
  
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==Behaviour==
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Diet includes insects and grass seeds.
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House Finches are omnivorous, gleaning insect pests and, in winter, grass and weed seeds. Garden-bred birds join large field flocks during the fall, often feeding in farmers' fields, and may become agricultural pests. The eastern population of this species is descended from cage birds released near New York City in the 1940s. For years the birds barely survived on Long Island, but they then spread in suburban areas. In the late 1960s and 1970s they finally established themselves in urban New York, where their musical song and bright colors add a cheerful touch. The last several years have seen population declines in many areas due to an eye disease which leaves them quite vulnerable to predation.
 
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Carpodacus+mexicanus View more images of House Finch in the gallery]
 
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Carpodacus+mexicanus View more images of House Finch in the gallery]
 
[[Category:Birds]]
 
[[Category:Birds]]

Revision as of 13:27, 3 October 2007

catgory:incomplete

Carpodacus mexicanus
Photo by skiel
Photographed: Orange County, New York, USA.

Identification

5-6" (13-15 cm). Bright red on crown, breast, and rump. Female has plain, unstriped head and heavy streaking on light underside. Immature males less highly coloured, often orangish or yellowish on head and breast.

Distribution

North America, Canada to southern Mexico

Taxonomy

Habitat

Deserts, orchards, coastal valleys and forests.

Behaviour

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.

Diet includes insects and grass seeds.

External Links

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