Biology:American rosefinch

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Short description: Genus of birds

American rosefinches
House-finch-male.jpeg
House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
Scientific classification e
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
Species

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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.

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]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Cassin's Finch (male).jpg Haemorhous cassinii Cassin's finch western North America as far south as northern New Mexico and Arizona; also Southern California near Baja California.
Carpodacus purpureus CT2.jpg Haemorhous purpureus Purple finch Canada and the northeastern United States
House Finch (32847677535).jpg Haemorhous mexicanus House finch North America from southern Canada to the Mexican state of Oaxaca

References

  1. "Fringillidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=196. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chesser, R. Terry; Banks, Richard C.; Barker, F. Keith (2012). "Fifty-third Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds". The Auk 129 (3): 573–588. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.129.3.573. http://www.aou.org/auk/content/129/3/0573-0588.pdf. Retrieved 2012-07-18. 
  3. Zuccon, Dario; Prŷs-Jones, Robert; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2012). "The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (2): 581–596. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002. PMID 22023825. http://www.nrm.se/download/18.9ff3752132fdaeccb6800010935/Zuccon%20et%20al%202012.pdf. 
  4. Banks, Richard C.; Browning, M. Ralph (July 1995). "Comments on the Status of Revived Old Names for Some North American Birds". The Auk (Berkeley, California: University of California Press) 112 (3): 633–648. http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v112n03/p0633-p0648.pdf. 
  5. Smith, Brian Tilston; Bryson, Robert W.; Chua, Vivien; Africa, Lia; Klicka, John (2013-03-01). "Speciational history of North American Haemorhous finches (Aves: Fringillidae) inferred from multilocus data" (in en). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66 (3): 1055–1059. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.016. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 23219607. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790312004678. 
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/finches/. Retrieved 5 June 2015. 

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