family Fringillidae

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family Fringillidae - finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings Fringillidae bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds Fringilla, genus Fringilla - type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling Carduelinae, subfamily Carduelinae - used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches Carduelis, genus Carduelis - in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets genus Spinus, Spinus - in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches Carpodacus, genus Carpodacus - house finches and purple finches genus Serinus, Serinus - Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins genus Loxia, Loxia - crossbill genus Pyrrhula, Pyrrhula - bullfinches genus Junco - American finches genus Pooecetes, Pooecetes - a genus of Fringillidae genus Zonotrichia, Zonotrichia - large New World sparrows genus Spizella, Spizella - chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow genus Melospiza, Melospiza - American song sparrow and swamp sparrow Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae - buntings and some New World sparrows genus Hesperiphona, Hesperiphona - evening grosbeak Coccothraustes, genus Coccothraustes - large finches genus Pinicola, Pinicola - a genus of Fringillidae genus Richmondena, Richmondena - cardinals genus Pyrrhuloxia - large showy finches related to cardinals genus Pipilo, Pipilo - towhees Chlorura, genus Chlorura - towhees