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Finches - including goldfinches and chaffinches, siskins

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Haemorhous

Species on page - 5 species in 3 genera depicted

Wikipedia says "The Fringillidae family contains 219 species divided into 52 genera and three subfamilies."
But this includes a number of extinct species, and genera.
Another source says 133 extant species.
iNaturalist list 43 extant genera.
+ Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
+ House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
+ Lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
+ America goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
+ Pine siskin (Spinus pinus)

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Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Chaffinch seated

ireland
Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Family: Fringillidae
Clifden, Ireland
September 11, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

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House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)

Finch in the house

arizona garden

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
Family: Fringilidae (finches)
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
With Nature Through Photography class
August 18, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2
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Male house finch

male house finch

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
Family: Fringilidae (finches)
Stanford birds By Stanford Hospital
January 10, 2013
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Female house finch

female house finch

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
Family: Fringilidae (finches)
By Stanford Hospital
January 10, 2013
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emily renzel wetlands

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
Family: Fringilidae (finches)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
May 27, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

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emily renzel wetlands

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
Family: Fringilidae (finches)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
May 27, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

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Lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)

eleanor pardee park

Lesser Goldfinch ( Spinus psaltria)
Family: Fringillidae
Eleanor Pardee Park
May 17, 2019
Canon 7DmarkII
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Finding gold

stanford dish 2018

Lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
Family: Fringillidae
Stanford Dish
February 10, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

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More lesser

goldfinch

Lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
Family: Fringillidae
Lake Lagunita
July 20, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2

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Lesser Goldfinch

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Lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
Family: Fringillidae
Arcadia Place
August 24, 2003
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Lesser

santa cruz

Lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
Family: Fringillidae
Chaminade, Santa Cruz
October 26, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

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Lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
Family: Fringillidae

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Goldfinch in fennel

emily renzel wetlands

Lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
Family: Fringillidae
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Family: Apiaceae (celery, carrot, parsley, umbellifers family)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
July 25, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

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American goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)

American goldfinch

pomponio creek 2021
American goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
Family: Fringillidae
Pomponio Creek - 2021
June 19, 2021 - Juneteen bioblitz
Canon R5

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Pine siskin (Spinus pinus)

Siskin

sam mcdonald 2024
Pine siskin (Spinus pinus)
Family: Fringillidae (finches, euphonias, siskins
Sam McDonald Park - 2024
February 24, 2024
Canon R5
First capture
I love the Latin name

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Created: November 1, 2014 (from sandpiper.html)
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