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House Finches |
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Carpodacus
mexicanus |
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Photographed
January 2007 |
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Male streaked
brown with bright read breast, forehead, eyebrow, and rump. Female
lacks red; similar to female Purple Finch, but more finely streaked and
without contrasting stripes on face. Immature male often somewhat
orange or yellowish on head and breast. |
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Their range is
interesting. They are in the western half of the country and also the
eastern half. The western species occurred naturally and ranged from
the west coast east to Nebraska and Texas. The eastern species
occurred when caged birds were released near New York City in the 1940's.
The eventually migrated out of urban New York and are now established in
must of the eastern United States, excluding the south. They obviously
winter in Northern Louisiana. |
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We're not one hundred
percent sure of the species. Part of our identifying problem may be
that we have both House Finches and Purple finches, males and females.
The House Finches are more common in our yard. |
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First, here are the
photographs that feature the male House Finches. |
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Here are the female
House Finches. |
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Pictures of both male
and female House Finches together. |
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Pictures of both a
female House Finch, near, and a female Purple finch, afar. |
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