RFW Bird-watching Resources

  Finches

Evening Grosbeak

(Coccothraustes vespertinus)

Family: Fringillidae
Common Family Grouping:
Finches
4-Letter Species Code: evgr
Size: Small

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Female   Rio Arriba County

Male   Rio Santa Fe, Downtown

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Evening Grosbeak


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Less Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Evening Grosbeak at xeno-canto.org

House Finch

(Haemorhous mexicanus)

Family: Fringillidae
Common Family Grouping:
Finches
4-Letter Species Code: hofi
Size: Small

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   Rio Arriba County

Male   Rio Arriba County

   Rio Arriba County
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House Finch


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of House Finch at xeno-canto.org

Cassin’s Finch

(Haemorhous cassinii)

Family: Fringillidae
Common Family Grouping:
Finches
4-Letter Species Code: cafi
Size: Small

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Female   Rio Arriba County

Male   Rio Arriba County

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Cassin’s Finch


Season - Abundance Status:
Winter Visitor - Less Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Cassin’s Finch at xeno-canto.org

Pine Siskin

(Spinus pinus)

Family: Fringillidae
Common Family Grouping:
Finches
4-Letter Species Code: pisi
Size: Small

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   Rio Santa Fe, Downtown

   Rio Santa Fe, Downtown

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Pine Siskin


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Less Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Pine Siskin at xeno-canto.org

Lesser Goldfinch

(Spinus psaltria)

Family: Fringillidae
Common Family Grouping:
Finches
4-Letter Species Code: lego
Size: Very Small

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Female   Rio Arriba County

Male   Rio Arriba County

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Lesser Goldfinch


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Lesser Goldfinch at xeno-canto.org

American Goldfinch

(Spinus tristis)

Family: Fringillidae
Common Family Grouping:
Finches
4-Letter Species Code: amgo
Size: Small

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Female   Rio Arriba County

Male   Rio Arriba County

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American Goldfinch


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of American Goldfinch at xeno-canto.org

Range data provided by Infonatura/Natureserve. Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Alnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2005 Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 2.1 NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA

eBird and CBC Graphs created with Google Charts: https://developers.google.com/chart

Data for CBC Graph: National Audubon Society (2020). The Christmas Bird Count Historical Results Online. Available http://www.christmasbirdcount.org November, 2020

Data for eBird Graph: eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: January 7, 2021).