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The house finch is a moderate-sized finch, 12.5 to 15 cm (5 to 6 in) long, with a wingspan of 20 to 25 cm (8 to 10 in). Body mass can vary from 16 to 27 g (9 ⁄ 16 to 15 ⁄ 16 oz), with an average weight of 21 g (3 ⁄ 4 oz).
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.
One of the first to split off were the ancestors of the North American species and diverged in the Middle Miocene (about 14–12 mya) from the proto-rosefinches. [4] Within the genus the House Finch is the outgroup, meaning the Purple and Cassin's finches are more closely related to one another than either is to the House Finch. [5]
Telespiza – 4 species, the Laysan finch, the Nihoa finch, and 2 prehistoric species; Loxioides – 2 species, the palila and a prehistoric species; Rhodacanthis – 2 recently extinct species, the lesser and the greater koa finch, and 2 prehistoric species; Chloridops – extinct species, the Kona grosbeak; Psittirostra – ou
House finch. Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae. Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries.
They proposed moving the three species to a separate genus Haemorhous. [7] This proposal was accepted by the International Ornithological Committee and the American Ornithologists' Union . [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Zuccon and colleagues also found that the common rosefinch ( Carpodacus erythrinus ) fell outside the core rosefinch clade and was a sister to ...
Finches are seed-eating passerines. They are small to moderately large and have strong, usually conical and sometimes very large, beaks. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. They have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus [note 3]
House finch. Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae. Finches are seed-eating passerine birds that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries.