Cassin's Finch

Haemorhous cassinii (Baird, SF, 1854)

Cassin's Finch, Haemorhous cassinii, breeds in western North America and also in northern Mexico. It is a finch in the family Fringillidae, and it belongs to the genus Haemorhous with the other American rosefinches. The species was named for John Cassin, who worked as a curator at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. In breeding plumage, males show raspberry red on the head, breast, back and rump, while females are light brown above and paler below with brown streaking. Adults have a short forked brown tail, brown wings and a longer bill than the Purple Finch.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias

Breeding range

North America: w, also n Mexico