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1. At the top in light yellow, the species' name is shown together with, when applicable, its IUCN code (click on the code and you will be redirected to IUCN's webpage with detailed information about this threatened species) and, if you have ticked the species, a green tick to the right
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House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
  (Muller, P.L.S., 1776)
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Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
  Blanford's Rosefinch
Carpodacus rubescens
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Taxonomy and Distribution

Taxa

 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus (27779)
 
 
Polytypic Group: House Finch (Common): mexicanus
 frontalisSW Canada to w US, Baja California and nw Mexico
 clementisChannel Is. (off s California) and Los Coronados Is. (off n Baja)
 amplusGuadalupe I. (off Baja California)
 ruberrimusS Baja Calif. and nw Mexico (Sonora, s Sinaloa and sw Chihuahua)
 rhodopnusArid tropical central Sinaloa
 coccineusMts. of sw Mexico (s Nayarit and w Zacatecas to w Michoacán)
 potosinusS Texas (Rio Grande Valley) to Chihuahua and sw Tamaulipas
 centralisCentral Mexican plateau (Guanajuato, Querétaro and adj. states)
 mexicanusS central Mexican plateau (e Michoacán to Hidalgo and Oaxaca)
 roseipectusS Mexico (s Puebla and Valley of Oaxaca)
 griscomiSW Mexico (Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero)
 
Monotypic Group: House Finch (McGregor's): mcgregori
 mcgregoriFormerly San Benito and Cedros is. (off Baja California). Extinct


Taxonomic notes

Clements 6.7:

The three North American species of Carpodacus are not closely related to Old World species of Carpodacus, and are transferred to the genus Haemorhous. Move Haemorhous to a new position, immediately preceding Carpodacus.

References

  • Haemorhous mexicanus: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  • Carpodacus mexicanus: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2011. The Clements checklist of birds of the world
  • Haemorhous mexicanus: Gill, F & D Donsker (Eds). 2013. IOC World Bird Names (v 3.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 2013-02-04]
  • Carpodacus mexicanus: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ [Accessed 2012-11-19]
  • Carpodacus mexicanus: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  • Carpodacus mexicanus: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird Names (v 2.11). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/