The true finches of family Fringillidae are predominantly seed-eating songbirds. They vary from 9-23 cm. They typically have strong, stubby beaks, which in some species can be quite large. Finches are usually are inhabitants of well-wooded areas, but some can be found on mountains or even in deserts. True finches have a bouncing flight like most small passerines, alternating bouts of flapping with gliding on closed wings. The nests are basket-shaped and usually built in trees.
They are not closely related to the Estrildid Finches.
Thes Separation between "New World" Fringillidae and "Old World Fringillidae is not alway clearcut. For example, take the case of the Fringillidae goldfinches. Some are found in the New World and some in the Old World. It seemed best to assign them to one specific page, and New World was chosen.
Genus Chlorophonia
Mostly bright green birds that live in the neotropics.
Chlorophonia,_Blue-crowned Chlorophonia occipitalis Found: Mexico, Central America
The male Blue-crowned Chlorophonia has; green upperparts; green head with mall but vibrant blue crown; thin black fore-collar; yellow breast, md belly; greenish flanks. Female also has blue crown but paler underparts.
Image by: 1) Jorge Montejo - Mexico 2) Amy McAndrews - Mexico 3) Knut Eisermann
Chlorophonia,_Blue-naped Chlorophonia cyanea Found: South America
The Blue-naped Chlorophonia has green head, wings; yellow underparts; blue lower nape, mantle, rump, eye-ring. Females are duller; underparts more greenish-yellow; less blue to lower nape, mantle.
Image by: 1, 2) Dominic Sherony 3)
Dario Sanches 4) Gustavo_Duran - Argentina 5) Sylvere_Corre - Brazil 6) Nick_Athanas - Columbia
1, 2) Female 3 - 6) Male
Chlorophonia,_Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys Found: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
The Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia has bright green upperparts, wings, throat, tail; bright yellow flanks, rump; blue cap; chestnut breast.
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - Ecuador
Chlorophonia,_Golden-browed Chlorophonia callophrys Found: Costa Rica, Panama
The male Golden-browed Chlorophonia has green upperparts, flanks; blue crown, rear-collar; black fore-collar; yellow forehead, underparts. Female duller.
Image by: 1) Victor - Costa Rica 2) Cephas - Costa Rica 3) Zak_Pohlen - Costa Rica 4) Patty_McGann - Costa Rica
1) Female 2 - 4) Male
Chlorophonia,_Yellow-collared Chlorophonia flavirostris Found: Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
The male Yellow-collared Chlorophonia has bright green upperparts, head, upper-breast; bright yellow collar, belly, eye-ring; orange bill. Female less distinctive and green more widespread.
Image by: 1) Alonzo GIl 2) Diego Calderon 1) Female 2) Male
Genus Coccothraustes` - 1 species
Hawfinch also European Grosbeak Coccothraustes coccothraustes Found: Europe, Asia
The Hawfinch has mainly brown plumage; orange hue to head; black circle around and in front of eyes. The Hooded Grosbeak is also placed in the same genus as the Hawfinch.
Image by: 1) Andy_Morffew - Hungary 2) Marek
Szczepanek 3) Andrej_Chudy - Slovakia 4) Slawomir Staszczuk 5) Superbass.jpg){kind=link}
1) Female
Genus Euphonia
Most male Euphonia have dark blue upperparts; bright yellow underparrts. Females have green upperparts. They are found in Central America and South America.
Euphonia,_Antillean Euphonia musica Found: the Antilles in the Caribbean
Image by: 1) uada.gov 2) Lucas Limonta 3) Rafy_Rodriguez
1) Pair 2) Female 3) Male
Euphonia,_Bronze-green Euphonia mesochrysa Found: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
The male Bronze-green Euphonia has mainly green upperparts; gray nape; yellow forehead; yellowish-olive throat, breast; ochre-yellow belly. Female similar but lack yellow forehead; gray central underparts.
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1) Female 2) Male
Euphonia,_Chestnut-bellied Euphonia pectoralis Found: South America
The male Chestnut-bellied Euponia has blue upperparts, head, throat, breast; chestnut belly; yellow shoulder mark. Female has olive back, flanks; gray nape, underparts.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Dario Sanches 4) Nick_Athanas - Brazil
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1) Female 2 - 4) Male
Euphonia,_Elegant or Blue-hooded Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima Found: Mexico, Central America
The male Elegant Euponia has dark blue upperparts; bright blue crown, nape; blackish-blue face, throat; orange underparts. Female has olive-green upperparts; bright blue crown, ape, yellow underparts.
Image by: 1, 3) Amando Demesa - Mexico 2) Dominic Sherony
1) Female 2, 3) Male
Euphonia,_Finsch's Euphonia finschi Found: South America
The male Finsch's Euphonia has dark blue upperparts, face, throat; small orange-yellow cap; orange-yellow underparts. Females have olive-green upperparts; paler olive-green underparts becoming yellow towards central belly. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Image by: 1) Chrissie64 2) Joseph Smit 3) Barloventomagicao 4) Dave Curtis - Guyana
1) Female 2, 3, 4) Male
Euphonia,_Fulvous-vented Euphonia fulvicrissa Found: Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
The male Fulvous-vented Euponia has glossy dark blue upperparts; blackish face, throat; yellow forecrown, underparts; tawny undertail coverts and center to the belly . Female has mostly olive; chestnut forecrown.
Image by: 1) Dave Curtis 2, 3) Nick_Athanas - Columbia 4) David Cook - Panama1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Euphonia,_Golden-bellied also White-lored Euphonia Euphonia chrysopasta Found: South America
The White-lored Euphonia has green upperparts; white lore. Male has golden belly, female paler belly.
Image by: 1, 5) Nick_Athanas - Ecuador 1)) Marcelo Camacho 2) Hector Bottai - Brazil 3) Jerry_Oldenettel - Ecuador 3) Claudio_Timm 
1) Female 2 - 5) Male
Euphonia,_Golden-rumped Euphonia cyanocephala Found: South America
The Golden-rumped Euphonia has a bright blue head, nape. Male has blackish-blue upperparts, tail; black face, forehead, throat; golden underparts, rump. Female has yellowish-olive upperparts; dull orange-yellow forehead, face, underparts.
Image by: 1) Felix_Uribe - Columbia 2) Cláudio Timm - Brazil 3) Rick Ellis Simpson - Brazil 
1) Femaqle 2, 3) Male
Euphonia,_Golden-sided Euphonia cayennensis Found: northeastern South America
The Golden-sided Euphonia is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela
Image by:
1) Sean McCann - French Guiana
Euphonia,_Green-throated also Green-chinned Euphonia Euphonia chalybea Found: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
The male Green-throated Euphonia has dark blue upperparts, face; dark blue-throat with some greent; small orange-yellow cap; orange-yellow underparts. Females have olive-green upperparts; paler olive-green underparts.
Image by: 1, 2, 3, 4) Dario Sanches
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1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Euphonia,_Jamaican Euphonia jamaica Found: Jamaica
The male Jamaican Euponia is mainly blue-gray with a yellow mid-belly. Female has olive-green upperparts; gray head, underparts.
Image by: 1) Dominica
Sherony 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Jamaica 
Euphonia,_Olive-backed Euphonia gouldi Found: Mexico, Central America
The male Olive-backed Euphonia has dark green upperparts; rufous on the lower back; yellow forecrown.. Female has lighter upperparts; rufous forecrown
Image by: 1) Steve Garvie 2) Juan_Zamora - Costa Rica 3) Doug_Greenberg - Costa Rica 3) Jorge Montejo 4) Tom Benson - Costa Rica_male.jpg){kind=link}
1 - 3) Female 4, 5) Male
Euphonia,_Orange-bellied Euphonia xanthogaster Found: South America
The male Orange-bellied Euponhonia has yellow crown, underparts. Female has olive upperparts; yellowish-brown forehead; gray nape; mostly buffy-gray underparts..
Similar to: Scrub Euphonia. Ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Barloventomagico 2, 5) Nick_Athanas - Venezuela 3) Totodu74 4) Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador Similar to: Scrub Euphonia. Ranges do not overlap.
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1, 2) Female 3,- 5) Male
Euphonia,_Orange-crowned Euphonia saturata Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
The male Orange-crowned Euphonia has glossy dark blue upperparts; orange-yellow crown, undperparts. Female has olive upperparts; yellow underparts becoming olive over flanks.
Image by: 1) Sheau_Torng_Lim - Ecuador 2) Nick_Athanas - Ecuador1) Female 2) Male
Euphonia,_Plumbeous Euphonia plumbea Found: South America
The male Plumbeous Euphonia has gray upperparts, head, breast; yellow belly. Females are similar, sometimes dark olive replacing gray.
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Euphonia,_Purple-throated Euphonia chlorotica Found: South America
Similar to: Orange-bellied Euphonia. The purple throat color of the male Purple-throated Euponia extends lower than it does for the Orange-bellied Euponia.
Similar to: Scrub Euphonia. Ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1, 3, 4) Dario
Sanches - Brazil 2) Nick_Athanas - PeruSimilar to: Scrub Euphonia. Ranges do not overlap.
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1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Euphonia,_Rufous-bellied Euphonia rufiventris Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Image by: 1) Joao_Quental 2) Naturgucker 3) Geoff Gallice - Ecuador 4) Jerry_Oldenettel - Ecuador 5) Nick_Athanas - Brazil
Euphonia,_Scrub Euphonia affinis Found: Mexico and Central America
The male Scrub Euponia has blue-black head, upperparts; yellow fore-crown, undeparts. Female has greenish-gray upperparts; pale yellow underparts.
Similar to: Orange-bellied Euphonia. Ranges do not overlap.
Similar to: Purple-throated Euphonia. Ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1, 2) Mike - Mexico 3) Brian Ralphs - Costa Rica 4) Mike - MexicoSimilar to: Orange-bellied Euphonia. Ranges do not overlap.
Similar to: Purple-throated Euphonia. Ranges do not overlap.
Euphonia,_Spot-crowned Euphonia imitans Found: Costa Rica, Panama
The Spot-crowned Euphonia has faint dark spots on its rear crwon. Male has glossy blue-black upperparts, face, throat; yellow crown, underparts. Female has olive-green upperparts; yellowish underparts; rufous patches on forehead.
Image by: 1) Jean-Luc Baron 2) David Reed - Costa Rica1) Female 2) Male
Euphonia,_Tawny-capped Euphonia anneae Found: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
The male Tawny-capped Euphonia has glossy blue-black upperparts, face, throat; tawny crown; yellow underparts. Female has olive-green upperparts; yellowish underparts; white under-tail coverts. Female also has a tawny cap.
Image by: 1) Matt Brady - Costa Rica 2) David Cook - Panama 3) Francesco_Veronesi 4) Nick_Athanas - Panama
Euphonia,_Thick-billed Euphonia laniirostris Found: Central and South America
The male Thick-billed Euponia has blue-black upperparts with a yellow crown; yellow underparts. Female has dull olive upperparts; yellow underparts. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Image by: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7) Dick Daniels - Boquette, Panama 6) HarmonyOnPlanetEarth 8) Dominic Sherony - Panama
1, 2, 3) Female 4, 5) Juvenile male 7, 8) Male
Euphonia,_Trinidad Euphonia trinitatis Found: Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
The male Trinidad Euphonia has glossy blue-black upperparts, face, throat; yellow crown, underparts. Female has olive-green upperparts; yellowish underparts.
Image by: 1) Jerry Oldenettel - Venezuela 2, 3) Barloventomagico 4) Cristobal Minic - Venezuela1, 2) Female 3) Pair 4) Male
Euphonia,_Velvet-fronted Euphonia concinna Found: Columbia
The male Velvet-fronted Euphonia has blue-black to purple upperparts, face, throat; yellow forehead, underparts. Female has dull olive upperparts; dull yellow underparts, stripe between eyes.
Image by: 1) Joseph Smit 2) Ron Knight
Euphonia,_Violaceous Euphonia violacea Found: South America
The male Violaceous Euphonia has glossy blue-black upperparts; golden-yellow forehead, underparts. Female and juvenile have olive-green upperparts; greenish-yellow underrparts.
Image by: 1, 2, 3, 4) Dario
Sanches - Brazil 5) Dick Daniels - Butterfly World, Florida 6) Gustavo_Duran - Argentina
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1, 2) Female 4, 5, 6) Male
Euphonia,_White-vented Euphonia minuta Found: Mexico, Central America, South America
The male White-vented Euphonia has mainly dark blue upperparts; blue-black face, throat; yellow forecrown, , underparts; white rump. Female has olive colored upperparts; grayish-white throat; mainly yellow underparts; whitish ventral area..
Image by: 1) Kent Nickell - Ecuador 2) Francisco Dubon - Hondoras
Euphonia,_Yellow-crowned Euphonia luteicapilla Found: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
The male Yellow-crowned Euphonia has mainly blue upperparts; blue-black face, throat; yellow crown, forehead, underparts. Female has olive colored upperparts; mainly yellow underparts.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica 4) Steve_Garvie - Costa Rica
1) Female 2) Juvenile male 3, 4) Male
Euphonia,_Yellow-throated Euphonia hirundinacea Found: Central America and northern South America
The male Yellow-throated Euphonia has dark blue upperparts; yellow fore-crown; yellow underparts. Female has dull green upperparts; yellow underparts, Both have white belly spot.
Image b: 1, 3) Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica 4) Steve_Garvie - Costa Rica 2, 5) Dominic_Sherony - Belize_male.jpg){kind=link}
1) Female 2) Male
Genus Haemorhous
The American Rosefinches are closely related to the Old World Rosefinches of genus Carpodacus.
Finch,_Cassin's Haemorhous cassinii Found: North America
The Cassin's Finch has brown wings; forked brown tail. Male has red on head, breast, back, rump; streaked back, undertail. Female has light brown upperparts; light underparts with brown streaks.
Similar to: House Finch. Upper part of House Finch bill (culmen) is curved; Cassin's culmen is not. House Finch has rounder head than Cassin's Finch. Female House Finch has brown head; female Cassin's Finch has brown and white head. Male House Finch has more pronounced stripes on flanks than does male Cassin's Finch.
Similar to: Pine Siskin. Pine Siskin has thinner bill.
Similar to: Purple Finch.Upper part of Purple Finch bill (culmen) is curved; Cassin's culmen is not. Cassin's Finch has pale eye-ring; Purple Finch does not.
Image by: 1, 3) Alan D Wilson - Oregon 2, 4) Steve Ryan 5) Dave
Menke, USFWSSimilar to: House Finch. Upper part of House Finch bill (culmen) is curved; Cassin's culmen is not. House Finch has rounder head than Cassin's Finch. Female House Finch has brown head; female Cassin's Finch has brown and white head. Male House Finch has more pronounced stripes on flanks than does male Cassin's Finch.
Similar to: Pine Siskin. Pine Siskin has thinner bill.
Similar to: Purple Finch.Upper part of Purple Finch bill (culmen) is curved; Cassin's culmen is not. Cassin's Finch has pale eye-ring; Purple Finch does not.
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1, 2) Female 3. 4, 5) Male
Finch,_House Haemorhous mexicanus Found: North America and Central America, Hawaii
The male House Finch has brown back shading to gray wings; reddish (usually) head, neck, shoulders; long square-tipped brown tail. Female has brown upperparts; striped underparts.
Similar to: Cassin's Finch. Upper part of House Finch bill (culmen) is curved; Cassin's culmen is not. House Finch has rounder head than Cassin's Finch. Female House Finch has brown head; female Cassin's Finch has brown and white head. Male House Finch has more pronounced stripes on flanks than does male Cassin's Finch.
Similar to: Pine Siskin. Pine Siskin has thinner bill.
Similar to: Purple Finch. Upper part of House Finch bill (culmen) is more curved then Purple Finch's. House Finch has rounder head than Purple Finch. Female House Finch has blurry stripes on front, brown head; female Purple Finch has crisp stripes on front, brown and white head. Male House Finch has more pronounced stripes on flanks than does male Purple Finch.
Image by: 1) Eugene Beckes 2, 3, 9, 10) Dick Daniels - North Carolina 4, 8) Alan D Wilson - British Columbia 5, 7) Dick - Arizona 6) Len Blumin - California male 10) Rick LecheSimilar to: Cassin's Finch. Upper part of House Finch bill (culmen) is curved; Cassin's culmen is not. House Finch has rounder head than Cassin's Finch. Female House Finch has brown head; female Cassin's Finch has brown and white head. Male House Finch has more pronounced stripes on flanks than does male Cassin's Finch.
Similar to: Pine Siskin. Pine Siskin has thinner bill.
Similar to: Purple Finch. Upper part of House Finch bill (culmen) is more curved then Purple Finch's. House Finch has rounder head than Purple Finch. Female House Finch has blurry stripes on front, brown head; female Purple Finch has crisp stripes on front, brown and white head. Male House Finch has more pronounced stripes on flanks than does male Purple Finch.
1 - 5) Female 6 - 11) Male
Finch,_Purple Haemorhous purpureus Found: North America
The Purple Finch has brown wings; short forked brown tail. Male has reddish head, breast, rump; reddish striped back. Female has light brown upperparts; white underparts with dark brown streaks; white supercilim.
Similar to: Cassin's Finch. Upper part of Purple Finch bill (culmen) is curved; Cassin's culmen is not. Cassin's Finch has pale eye-ring; Purple Finch does not.
Similar to: House Finch. Upper part of House Finch bill (culmen) is more curved then Purple Finch's. House Finch has rounder head than Purple Finch. Female House Finch has blurry stripes on front, brown head; female Purple Finch has crisp stripes on front, brown and white head. Male House Finch has more pronounced stripes on flanks than does male Purple Finch.
Similar to: Pine Siskin. Pine Siskin has thinner bill.
Image by: 1, 5) Alan Wilson - southern Vancouver Island 2, 6) Cephas - Quebec, Canada 3) Dick Daniels - North Carolina 4) Dick - Virginia 7) Laura Gooch - Ohio 8) Putneypics - VermontSimilar to: Cassin's Finch. Upper part of Purple Finch bill (culmen) is curved; Cassin's culmen is not. Cassin's Finch has pale eye-ring; Purple Finch does not.
Similar to: House Finch. Upper part of House Finch bill (culmen) is more curved then Purple Finch's. House Finch has rounder head than Purple Finch. Female House Finch has blurry stripes on front, brown head; female Purple Finch has crisp stripes on front, brown and white head. Male House Finch has more pronounced stripes on flanks than does male Purple Finch.
Similar to: Pine Siskin. Pine Siskin has thinner bill.
1) Female, western 2, 3, 4) Female, eastern 5) Male, western 6, 7, 8) Male, eastern
Genus Hesperiphona`
Grosbeak, Evening Hesperiphona vespertinus Found: North America and Central America
The Evening Grosbeak has black wings, tail; large pale bill. Male has brown head with yellow forehead and yellow supercilium; brown throat; brownish-yellow upper-breast transistions to yellow belly; large white patch on wing. Female mainly olive-brown plumage, grayer on underparts; white patches on wings.
Similar to: Brambling. Male Brambling has orange front of neck; male Evening Grosbeak has black neck front. Grosbeak has bigger bill.
Image by: 1) Mdf - Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada 2) Carla Kishinami - Arizona 3) Rick Leche - British Columbia 4) Oregon Fish & Wildlife 5) Putneypics - VermonT 6) Alan D Wilson - British Columbia Similar to: Brambling. Male Brambling has orange front of neck; male Evening Grosbeak has black neck front. Grosbeak has bigger bill.
1, 2, 3) Female 4, 5, 6) Male
Grosbeak, Hooded Hesperiphona abeillei Found: Mexico
The Hooded Grosbeak is also placed in the same genus as the Hawfinch.
Image by:
1) Amy McAndrews 2) Jorge Montejo - Chiapas1) Female 2) Male
Genus Leucosticte
The Mountain-Finches of Asia and the Rosy-Finches of North America. The Rosy-Finches are so named because they have pink coloring.
Finch,_Asian Rosy- Leucosticte arctoa Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Nishimura 2) Aurelien Audevard Francesco_Veronesi
Finch,_Black-headed_Mountain- also Brandt's Mountain-Finch Leucosticte brandti Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Seergey Yeliseev 2) Sergey_Pisarevskiy- Russia 3. 4) Imran_Shah - Pakistan
Finch,_Black Rosy- The Leucosticte atrata Found: North America (western United States)
The Black Rosy-Finch has dark body, breast; black head with gray rear crown; pink on belly, rump wings.
Similar to: Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. Adult Black Rosy-Finch has substantial black on its front; adult Brown-capped Rosy-Finch does not. Juvenile Black Rosy-Finch has light colored wing-bars; juvenile Brown-capped Rosy-finch does not.
Similar to: Gray Crowned Rosy-Finch. Adult Black Rosy-Finch has some black on its front; adult Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch does not.
Image by: 1) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico 2, 3, 4) Ken Schneider - New MexicoSimilar to: Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. Adult Black Rosy-Finch has substantial black on its front; adult Brown-capped Rosy-Finch does not. Juvenile Black Rosy-Finch has light colored wing-bars; juvenile Brown-capped Rosy-finch does not.
Similar to: Gray Crowned Rosy-Finch. Adult Black Rosy-Finch has some black on its front; adult Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch does not.
Finch,_Brown-capped Rosy- Leucosticte australis Found: North America
The Brown-capped Rosy-Finch has brown on back, breast; brown on head with black forehead; short black legs; long forked tail.
Similar to: Black Rosy-Finch. Adult Black Rosy-Finch has substantial black on its front; adult Brown-capped Rosy-Finch does not. Juvenile Black Rosy-Finch has light colored wing-bars; juvenile Brown-capped Rosy-finch does not.
Similar to: Gray Crowned Rosy-Finch. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch has a well defined dark forehead and gray back of head; Brown-capped Rosy-Finch does not.
Image by: 1) Bruce Cyg - Colorado 2) Dominic Sherony 3, 4) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico 5) Tom_Benson - ColoradoSimilar to: Black Rosy-Finch. Adult Black Rosy-Finch has substantial black on its front; adult Brown-capped Rosy-Finch does not. Juvenile Black Rosy-Finch has light colored wing-bars; juvenile Brown-capped Rosy-finch does not.
Similar to: Gray Crowned Rosy-Finch. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch has a well defined dark forehead and gray back of head; Brown-capped Rosy-Finch does not.
1) 1st winter
Finch,_Gray-crowned Rosy- Leucosticte tephrocotis Found: Western North America
The Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch has brown back, breast; mainly pink on rest of underparts, wings; gray head with black forehead; black throat.
Similar to: Black Rosy-Finch. Adult Black Rosy-Finch has substantial black on its front; adult Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch does not.
Similar to: Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch has a well defined dark forehead and gray back of head; Brown-capped Rosy-Finch does not.
Image by: 1) Caleb Siemmons - Homer, Alaska 2) Alan D Wilson - St. Paul Island, Alaska 3, 5) Blake Matheson - Washington 4) Dominic Sherony 6) Blake_Matheson 7) Tom_Benson - ColoradoSimilar to: Black Rosy-Finch. Adult Black Rosy-Finch has substantial black on its front; adult Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch does not.
Similar to: Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch has a well defined dark forehead and gray back of head; Brown-capped Rosy-Finch does not.
Finch,_Plain_Mountain- Leucosticte nemoricola Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Dibnedu Ash 2) Sergey Yeliseev 3, 4) Imran_Shah - Pakistan
Genus Rhynchostruthus
Grosbeak, Arabian Golden-winged also Arabian Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus percivali Found; Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen
The male Arabian Grosbeak has mainly gray-brown plumage; dqrk gray mask; white cheeks.; yellow patches on wings, tail; black bill. Female duller. Juveniles are streaky.
Image by: 1, 2) Hanne and Jens Eriksen
Grosbeak, Socotra Golden-winged also Socotra Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus socotranus Found: Socotr (island off Yemen)
The male Scotoy Golden-winged Grosbeak has mainly gray-brown plumage; dark gray mask.; yellow patches on wings, tail; black bill. Female duller. Juveniles are streaky.
Image by: 1) Joseph Smit
Grosbeak, Somali also Somali Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus louisae Found: Somalia
The male Somali Grosbeak has mainly gray-brown plumage; dqrk face-mask; yellow patches on wings, tail. Female duller. Juveniles are streaky.
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulmans
1) Adult - top; juvenile - bottom
Genus Spinus
The Goldfinches and Siskins were formerly placed in Carduelis. They are mainly found in the New World.
Goldfinch,_American Spinus tristis Found: North America
The breeding male American Goldfinch is vibrant yellow; olive when nonbreeding. Female is dull olive-brown and only slightly brightens during breeding season.
Similar to: Lawrence's Goldfinch. Lawrence's Goldfinch has yellow wingbars; American Goldfinch does not.
Similar to: Lesser Goldfinch. Male Lesser Goldfinch has completely dark crown; Male American Goldfinch has a dark forehead when breeding. Female Lesser Goldfinch have a dark gray bill; female America Goldfinch has pink bill.
Image by: 1. 5, 6) Dick Daniels - North Carolina 2) Carol Foil 3) Darren Swim - Ontario 4) Eugene Beckes 7) Glen Peterson 8) Dick - MaineSimilar to: Lawrence's Goldfinch. Lawrence's Goldfinch has yellow wingbars; American Goldfinch does not.
Similar to: Lesser Goldfinch. Male Lesser Goldfinch has completely dark crown; Male American Goldfinch has a dark forehead when breeding. Female Lesser Goldfinch have a dark gray bill; female America Goldfinch has pink bill.
1, 2) Female nonbreeding 3) Female breeding 4, 5, 6) Male nonbreeding 7, 8) Male breeding
Goldfinch,_Lawrence's Spinus lawrencei Found: southwestern North America, Mexico
The Lawrence's Goldfinch has mainly gray plumage; yellow rump; yellowish wing-bars; pink to gray bill. Male has more yellow on breast; black face. Female is browner.
Similar to: American Goldfinch, Lesser Goldfinch. Lawrence's Goldfinch has yellow wingbars; other 2 species do not.
Image by: 1, 6) Linda Tanner 2) Teddy Llovet 4) Aaron_Maizlish - CA
4) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico 5) Bill Bouton - California 7) Jamie Chevez - California Similar to: American Goldfinch, Lesser Goldfinch. Lawrence's Goldfinch has yellow wingbars; other 2 species do not.
1, 2, 3) Female 4-7) Male
GoldFinch,_Lesser Spinus psaltria Found: southwest USA to South America
The male Lesser Goldfinch has bright yellow underparts; white patches on the upperr-tail and wings. The back, upper head and ear-coverts vary in darknes. Females and juveniles have grayish olive-green upperparts; yellowish underparts, buffier in juveniles. They have less white than males on the upper-tail and wings.
Similar to: American Goldfinch. Male Lesser Goldfinch has completely dark crown; Male American Goldfinch has a dark forehead when breeding. Female Lesser Goldfinch have a dark gray bill; female America Goldfinch has pink bill.
Similar to: Lawrence's Goldfinch. Lawrence's Goldfinch has yellow wingbars; Lesser Goldfinch does not. It breeds in California and Baja California and winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Image by: 1) Alan D Wilson - California 2, 5) John Krzesinski 3) Mike's Birds - California 4, 10 Dick Daniels - the North Carolina Zoo 6) Alan D Wilson - California 7. 8) Dick - Arizona 9) Ted Grussing Similar to: American Goldfinch. Male Lesser Goldfinch has completely dark crown; Male American Goldfinch has a dark forehead when breeding. Female Lesser Goldfinch have a dark gray bill; female America Goldfinch has pink bill.
Similar to: Lawrence's Goldfinch. Lawrence's Goldfinch has yellow wingbars; Lesser Goldfinch does not. It breeds in California and Baja California and winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
1 - 4) Female 5 - 8) Male
Serin, Tibetan also Tibetan Siskin Spinus thibetanus also Serinus thibetanus Found: Asia
The Tibetan Serin has olive-green upperparts; yellowish-green rump; yellow supercilium, underparts. Female has black streaking on darker grayish-green upperparts, more clearly defined wing-bars;, paler yellowish throat; black flanked breast with streaking.
Image by:
1) Dibyendu Ash 2) Tang Jun
Siskin,_Andean Spinus spinescens Found: Colombia, Ecuador,, Venezuela
The male Andrean Siskin has dark olive upperparts; black crown; yellowish-olive underparts. Female similar; lacks black crown; has whitish central belly.
Image by: 1) Pablo Gomez-Prieto - Venezuela 2) Charles Hesse
Siskin,_Antillean Spinus dominicensis Found: Dominican Republic, Haiti
Image by: 1) Dax Roman 2) Rafae lArvelo 3) Gomez Prieto
Siskin,_Black Spinus atratus Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru
The Black Siskin has black upperparts; yellow wing-patch; varying amount of yellow on underparts..
Similar to: Yellow-rumped Siskin. Yellow-rumped Siskin has more yellow on underparts that Black Siskin. Also, it has a yellow rump.
Image by: 1) Gomez-Prieto 2) Luis Fernández CamposSimilar to: Yellow-rumped Siskin. Yellow-rumped Siskin has more yellow on underparts that Black Siskin. Also, it has a yellow rump.
Siskin,_Black-capped Spinus atriceps Found: Guatemala, Mexico
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans 2) Arnaiz-Villena_and_Ruiz-del-Valle
Siskin,_Black-chinned Spinus barbatus Found: Argentina, Chile Falkland Islands
The male Black-chinned Siskin has small black cap; black forehead, chin; olive upperparts; yellow underparts. Female duller; lacks black markings of male.
Image by: 1) artvintage 2) OsamaK 3) Juan Tassara 4) Pablo Flores
Siskin,_Black-headed Spinus notatus Found: Mexico, Central America
Image by: 1) Pablo Leautaud 2) Amy McAndrews
Siskin,_Eurasian also Siskin Spinus spinus Found: Europe, Asia
The Eurasian Siskin has grayish-green upperparts; gray-streaked white underparts; black wings with yellow wing-bar; black tail with yellow sides. Male has yellowish face, breast; black cap. Females and juveniles have grayish-green head with no cap.
Image by: 1, 3) Slawomir Staszczuk 2) Cristiano Crolle - Palude Brabbia, Italy 4) SimonEugster 5) Imran_Shah - Pakistan
1, 2) Female 3, 4, 5) Male
Siskin,_Hooded Spinus magellanica Found: South America
The male Hooded Siskin has mainly green upperparts; mainly yellow underparts; black hooded head; black wings with broad yellow band. Female is duller with green-brown head; yellow-green breast, flanks; whitish belly.
Image by: 1) Haplochromis 2, 4, 5) Cláudio
Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 3) Dario Sanches - Brazil 6) Dick Daniels - Ecuador
1, 2) Female 3 - 6) Male
Siskin,_Pine Spinus pinus Found: North America
The Pine Siskin has brown streaked upperparts; pale heavily streaked underparts; short forked tail; relatively slender bill.
Similar to: Cassin's Finch, House Finch, Purple Finch. Pine Siskin has thinner bill.
Similar to: female Red-winged Blackbird. Pine Siskin has striped underparts; female Red-winged Blackbird has blurry underparts.
Image by: 1, 2) Alan D Wilson - Bella Vista Road, Vernon, British Columbia 3, 4, 5) Dick Daniels - North Carolina Similar to: Cassin's Finch, House Finch, Purple Finch. Pine Siskin has thinner bill.
Similar to: female Red-winged Blackbird. Pine Siskin has striped underparts; female Red-winged Blackbird has blurry underparts.
1) Female 2 - 5) Male
Siskin,_Red Spinus cucullatus Found: Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana
The male Red Siskin has black and red upperparts; black head; red underparts. Female has gray upperparts, head, belly; red breast.
Image by: 1) Girl Scientist 2) Robins et al - Guyana 3) Mark Robbins 4) Siskini
1) Pair, male on top
Siskin,_Saffron Spinus siemiradzkii Found: Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans
Siskin,_Thick-billed Spinus crassirostris Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru
The Thick-billed Siskin is similar to other siskins. Distinguishing features - thick bill, white vent.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Peru
Siskin,_Yellow-bellied Spinus xanthogastrus Found: Costa Rica to Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela
The male Yellow-bellied Siskin has black upperparts, hood; yellow underparts, wing-patch. Female has dark green uppeparts; pale yellow underparts becoming brighter on belly; blackish tail, wings; yellow wing-patch.
Image by: 1) Raul Vega 2) Gomez Prieto 3) Julian Londono - Columbia
1) Female 2) Male
Siskin,_Yellow-faced Spinus yarrellii Found: Brazil, Venezuela
The male Yellow-faced Siskin has black crown; bright yellow face, necks, underparts; black wings; yellow wing-bar. Female has yellowish-olive crown, underparts; yellower rump.
Image by: 1) CC Yarrellii 2) Pablo Gomez-Prieto
Siskin,_Yellow-rumped Spinus uropygialis Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru
The Yellow-rumped Siskin has blackish upperparts; black head, neck, upperbreast; yellow rest of underparts, rump.
Similar to: Black Siskin. Yellow-rumped Siskin has more yellow on underparts that Black Siskin. Also, it has a yellow rump.
Image by: 1) Pable Contreras - ChileSimilar to: Black Siskin. Yellow-rumped Siskin has more yellow on underparts that Black Siskin. Also, it has a yellow rump.
