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Cassin's Finch

Carpodacus cassinii ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: FRINGILLIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Near Threatened

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© Marie Read

Slightly larger than the other red finches in North America, the Cassin's Finch is a common bird of the western mountains.

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Calls

  • song, call
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller, Gregory F. Budney
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Song a series of jumbled whistles, often with imitations of calls of other bird species. Calls "keeup" and "tidilip."

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