Birds of Napa

Pine Siskin

The Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) is a North American bird in the finch family. It is a migratory bird with an extremely sporadic winter range.

Lesser Goldfinch

The Lesser Goldfinch or Dark-backed Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) is a very small songbird of the Americas. Together with its relatives the American Goldfinch and Lawrence's Goldfinch, it forms the American goldfinches clade in the genus Carduelis sensu stricto.

Lawrence's Goldfinch

Lawrence's Goldfinch, (Carduelis lawrencei), is a small songbird of erratic distribution that breeds in California and Baja California and winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

American Goldfinch

The American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis), also known as the Eastern Goldfinch, is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canadian border to Mexico during the winter.

House Finch

The House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) is a bird in the finch family Fringillidae, which is found in North America. This species and the other "American rosefinches" are placed in the genus Haemorhous by the American Ornithologists' Union but have usually been included in Carpodacus.

Purple Finch

The Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) is a bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

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