Finch Birds

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Finches are a group of Passerine birds in the Fringillidae family, which includes Redpols, Grosbeaks and Siskins.

Sixteen diffeent species are found in the United States, with half of them having the word finch in the name.

Two finch species, the House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) shown above, and Cassin's Finch (Carpodacus cassinii) belong to a single genera. The American Goldfinch, presented on a separate page, belongs to the Carduelis genus.

All of the so called finch birds share some common characteristics of being brightly colored seed eating birds. Males are traditionally more colorful than females.

They are also seed eating birds that regularly visit back yard bird feeders in their territory.

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