Species: Carpodacus cassinii

Cassin's Finch

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Fringillidae

Genus

Carpodacus

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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Pinzón de Cassin - Roselin de Cassin

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Fringillidae - Carpodacus - See Banks and Browning (1995) for a discussion of the generic status of the purple, Cassin's, and house finches.

Ecology and Life History

Short General Description

Chunky, rosy-colored finch; 5 - 6.5 in. in length with a large head, conical shaped bill, and deeply notched tail (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Male with red crown (rest of head and hindneck brown), brown back, and white belly. Undertail coverts with dark streaks, flaks and sides of belly buff-colored with fine streaks. Pinkish on rump, chin, throat, and sides of neck. Female and first-year male brown on back with darker brown streaking; throat, breast, flanks, and undertail coverts white with brown streaks. Face has faint supercilium and moustache stripe

Migration

true - true - true - In the mountains may migrate to lower elevations after the nesting season. Generally regarded as nomadic, but some populations regularly migrate back to previous breeding area (Mewaldt and King 1985).

Non-migrant

true

Locally Migrant

true

Food Comments

Eats seeds and buds, insects, and berries. Forages high in trees or on the ground.

Reproduction Comments

Clutch size is 3-6 (usually 4-5). Incubation, by female, lasts about 12-14 days (Terres 1980). Young are tended by both adults. First breeds as yearling in some areas, at 2 years in other areas (Mewaldt and King 1985).

Ecology Comments

Usually seen in flocks, except during nesting season. Often seen in association with crossbills and evening grosbeaks. Male defends zone around female during breeding period; female more attached to a particular site than is male.

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Weight

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

1996-12-04

Global Status Last Changed

1996-12-04

Other Status

NT - Near threatened

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

BREEDS: southern interior British Columbia, extreme southwestern Alberta, Montana, and northern Wyoming south to interior southern California, northern California, southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and northern New Mexico (AOU 1983). WINTERS: mainly from southern British Columbia, northwestern Montana, and eastern Wyoming south to northern Baja California, southern Arizona, and central Mexico (AOU 1983)

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