TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

House Finch Female House Finch- Carpodacus mexicanus House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, Family Fringillidae-includes grosbeaks, finches, and buntings. Diagnostics, the only finch size bird with a red throat and breast. The Purple Finch is much redder. The House Finch was originally a bird of the southwestern US and Mexico. Released in New York in 1940, the House Finch is crowding out the native Purple Finch and has migrated west of the Mississippi River. (photo: Jan/Feb, 2004) More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/House_Finch.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.