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house finch

Haemorhous mexicanus

Photo by s love
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Field Notes

Description:

carpodacus mexicanus house finch
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Notes:

I am told its a house finch but I don't know the latin name for it . Now thanks to you very smart people I know that its called a carpodacus mexicanus . for some reason I cant go up and add that to the box that its suppose to go in .

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Comments (3)
Caleb Steindel
so pretty! we get TONS and i mean TONS here in harrisburg PA! this is likely my best shot of this bird: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/220046200
AshleyT
Doing a simple google search with the common name gives you thousands of sites with the latin name. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/house_finch/id
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PublishedMay 19, 2014

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