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The house finch may be infected by several parasites including Plasmodium relictum [23] and Mycoplasma gallisepticum, which caused the population of house finches in eastern North America to crash during the 1990s. [24] The mite Pellonyssus reedi is often found on house finch nestlings, particularly for nests later in the season. [25]
The killdeer is a large plover, with adults ranging in length from 20 to 28 cm (7.9 to 11.0 in), having a wingspan between 59 and 63 cm (23 and 25 in), and usually being between 72 and 121 g (2.5 and 4.3 oz) in weight. [ 3] It has a short, thick, and dark bill, flesh-colored legs, and a red eye ring. [ 8] In flight.
Nest and eggs Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden. Their breeding habitat is open areas across North America. They make a sturdy cup nest in a tree or shrub, sometimes on top of a stump or pole. These birds aggressively defend their territory, even against much larger birds. [8] These birds migrate in flocks to South America. There are three ...
This list of birds of Illinois includes species documented in the U.S. state of Illinois and accepted by the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC). As of March 2024, there are 455 species and two species pairs included in the official list. [ 1 ]
The Wildlife Division Research and Management Report (2000) stated that the herd has continued to grow at 15 percent per year, and the wintering deer population density is now nearly 40/sq mi (15/km 2). In certain areas of the refuge, hunting (including white-tailed deer) is prohibited because of state designated Game Sanctuaries.
The American goldfinch ( Spinus tristis) is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid- Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada–United States border to Mexico during the winter. The only finch in its subfamily to undergo a complete molt, the American ...
The pine siskin in its typical morph is a drab bird, whereas the Eurasian siskin (a bird the species does not naturally co-exist with), in many plumages, is much brighter. Adult male Eurasian siskins are bright green and yellow with a black cap, and an unstreaked throat and breast; the pine siskin does not have a corresponding bright plumage.
Society finch. The Society finch ( Lonchura striata domestica ), also known as the Bengali finch or Bengalese finch, is a domesticated subspecies of finch. It became a popular cage and trade bird after appearing in European zoos in the 1860s through being imported from Japan, though it was domesticated in China.