American rosefinch

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American rosefinch

The American rosefinches that form the genus Haemorhous are a group of passerine birds in the finch family Fringillidae. As the name implies ("haemo" means "blood" in Greek), various shades of red are characteristic plumage colors of this group. They are found throughout the North American continent.

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American rosefinches
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House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Haemorhous
Swainson, 1837
Type species
Fringilla purpurea[1]
Gmelin, 1789
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The genus is not closely related to the Carpodacus rosefinches that are found in Europe and Asia.[2][3]

Systematics

There have been a number of rosefinch radiations. One of the first to split off were the ancestors of the North American species and diverged in the Middle Miocene (about 14–12 mya) from the proto-rosefinches.[4]

Within the genus the House Finch is the outgroup, meaning the Purple and Cassin's finches are more closely related to one another than either is to the House Finch.[5]

Species

The genus contains three species:[2][6]

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Genus Haemorhous Swainson, 1837 – two species
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Cassin's finch

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Haemorhous cassinii
(Baird, 1854)
western North America as far south as northern New Mexico and Arizona; also Southern California near Baja California.
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Purple finch

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Haemorhous purpureus
(Gmelin, 1789)

Two subspecies
Canada and the northeastern United States
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House finch

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Haemorhous mexicanus
(Müller, 1776)
North America from southern Canada to the Mexican state of Oaxaca
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