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The purple finch was designated the state bird of New Hampshire in 1957. [13] The New Hampshire red hen (breed of domestic chicken) was also proposed, but was not chosen in favor of the purple finch. [14] In 1763, Richard Brookes made the description of the female purple finch in Mexico with the name of "chiantototl" (chia seed bird). [15]
The family Fringillidae are the "true" finches. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 239 species in the family, distributed among three subfamilies and 50 genera. Confusingly, only 79 of the species include "finch" in their common names, and several other families include species called finches.
The Purple Finch article doesn't say anything about the latter issue, or specify which circumstances apply to the bird pictured here. Details on the image description page indicate that the photo was taken during breeding season, within the range of the eastern subspecies, but we shouldn't impose this sort of detective work on the reader.
Eight species of finches have been recorded in Georgia. Evening grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus (R) House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus (native to the southwestern U.S.; introduced in the east) Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea (R) Purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus; Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra; White-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera (R)
The house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) is a North American bird in the finch family.It is native to Mexico and southwestern United States, but has since been introduced to the eastern part of North America and Hawaii; it is now found year-round in all parts of the United States and most of Mexico, with some residing near the border of Canada.
Green warbler-finch: Certhidea olivacea Gould, 1837: 83 Grey warbler-finch: Certhidea fusca Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1870: 84 Vegetarian finch: Platyspiza crassirostris (Gould, 1837) 85 Cocos finch: Pinaroloxias inornata (Gould, 1843) 86 Mangrove finch: Camarhynchus heliobates (Snodgrass & Heller, 1901) 87 Medium tree finch: Camarhynchus pauper ...
Stewart Shining/SI. Finch, of course, is known for her legendary softball career. She played collegiately at Arizona from 1999-2002. She won a national championship with the program in 2001.
The purple finch is the state bird of New Hampshire. This list of birds of New Hampshire includes species documented in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and accepted by New Hampshire Rare Bird Committee (NHRBC) and New Hampshire Audubon (NHA). [1] As of February 2021, the list contained 425 species.