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Carpodacus

noun
1.
House finches and purple finches.  Synonym: genus Carpodacus.



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Carpodacus mexicanus
Carpodacus purpureus


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... 775 seq.; but it is confessedly far from complete. (Of 124 species in that list, 95 are pronounced to be Eurasian, 17 Indian, 10 both Eurasian and Indian, 1 (Turtur risorius) Eur., Ind. and Eth.; and 1 only, Carpodacus (Bucanetes) crassirostris, peculiar to the country. Afghanistan appears to be, during the breeding season, the retreat of a variety of Indian and some African (desert) forms, whilst in winter the avifauna ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


Words linked to "Carpodacus" :   house finch, family Fringillidae, bird genus, Fringillidae, purple finch, linnet


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