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Finch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Finches are species of arboreal, perching birds that make up the large, widespread family, the Fringillidae. There are three subfamilies in this group, the largest being the Carduelinae or cardueline finches, a geographically widespread group that contains about 122 species.
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The cardueline or typical finches are smallish birds, with a strong, conical beak, well designed for extracting and eating seeds from cones and fruits. These finches also have a crop, an oesophageal pouch used to store and soften ingested seeds, and a muscular gizzard for crushing their major food of seeds.
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Cardueline finches (Passeriformes: Fringillidae, Carduelinae) provide an example of unresolved species relationships despite decades of extensive study of the group. Existing morphological studies suffer from numerous cases of assumed parallel evolution due to a conflicting character distribution in different lineages.
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Cardueline - Definition of Cardueline at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Cardueline. Look it up now! ... Use cardueline in a Sentence...
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A selection of articles related to List of North American birds - Fringilline Finches Cardueline Finches and Allies ... List of North American birds - Fringilline Finches Cardueline Finches and Allies: Encyclopedia II - List of North American birds - Scope of this list...
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The Behaviour of Certain Cardueline F1 Inter-Species Hybrids. Author: Hinde, R.A.1. Source: Behaviour, Volume 9, Number 1, 1956 , pp. 202-213(12) ...
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Carey, Cynthia; Maxwell, Leo C. Faulkner, John A. Dawson, William R. ... 1. Seasonal variation in body constituents and utilization of lipid, protein, and carbohydrate during cold stress in American goldfinches were studied to determine relations of these functions to the pronounced seasonal shift in thermogenic...
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Fringilline and Cardueline Finches and Allies - Fringillidae; return to birding home page; ... Purple Finch (f); Havertown, PA; November 2005 ... American Goldfinch (m); Havertown, PA; March 2006...
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Family Name Listing ... Family: Fringillidae; Cardueline finches ... Scientific Name Hawaiian Name Common Name Photo TSN Park Status Abundance Residency Nativity...
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