Carpodacus mexicanus

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, arid montane scrubs, arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub • Maximum Elevation: 3,000 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Lower subtropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; subtropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,793 meters (0 to 12,444 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Biology

Diet

Almost Exclusively: Seeds. Lesser Quantities of: Insects.

Reproduction

• Breeding Habitat : Urban
• Nest Location: Mid-story/canopy nesting
• Nest Type: Open-cup
• Clutch Size: 2-6
• Length of Incubation : 12-14 days
• Days to Fledge : 11-19
• Number of Broods: 1-3

Migration

Some migrate

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Carpodacus mexicanus (Muller, 1776)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Oct-2007

Similar Species

Purple Finch, Cassin's Finch

Members of the genus Carpodacus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. cassinii (Cassin's Purple Finch) · C. edwardsii (Dark-Rumped Rosefinch) · C. edwardsii edwardsii (Dark-Rumped Rosefinch) · C. eos (Stresemann's Rosefinch) · C. erythrinus (Common Rose Finch) · C. erythrinus erythrinus (Common Rose Finch) · C. grandis (Blyth's Rosefinch) · C. mexicanus (Mcgregor's House Finch) · C. mexicanus clementis (House Finch) · C. mexicanus frontalis (House Finch) · C. mexicanus mexicanus (House Finch) · C. mexicanus potosinus (House Finch) · C. mexicanus ruberrimus (House Finch) · C. nipalensis (Dark-Breasted Rosefinch) · C. nipalensis nipalensis (Dark-Breasted Rosefinch) · C. pulcherrimus (Beautiful Rosefinch) · C. pulcherrimus pulcherrimus (Beautiful Rosefinch) · C. puniceus (Rose-Breasted Rosefinch) · C. puniceus puniceus (Rose-Breasted Rosefinch) · C. purpureus (California Purple Finch) · C. purpureus californicus (Purple Finch) · C. purpureus purpureus (Purple Finch) · C. rhodochlamys (Red Mantled Rosefinch) · C. rhodochlamys rhodochlamys (Red Mantled Rosefinch) · C. rhodochrous (Pink-Browed Rosefinch) · C. rhodopeplus (Spot-Winged Rosefinch) · C. roborowskii (Tibetan Rosefinch) · C. rodochroa (Pink-Browed Rosefinch) · C. rodochrous (Pink-Browed Rosefinch) · C. rodopeplus (Spot-Winged Rosefinch) · C. rodopeplus rodopeplus (Spot-Winged Rosefinch) · C. roseus (Pallas's Rosefinch) · C. rubescens (Blanford's Rosefinch) · C. rubicilla (Caucasian Great Rosefinch) · C. rubicilla rubicilla (Caucasian Great Rosefinch) · C. rubicilloides (Eastern Great Rosefinch) · C. synoicus (Sinai Rosefinch) · C. thura (White-Browed Rosefinch) · C. thura thura (White-Browed Rosefinch) · C. trifasciatus (Three-Banded Rosefinch) · C. vinaceus (Vinaceous Rosefinch) · C. vinaceus vinaceus (Vinaceous Rosefinch)

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Notes

Contributors

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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 23, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 14 providers.
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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Bird Studies Canada: Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds
• Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 1981-1985
• Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 2001-2005
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Bird Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• New Brunswick Museum: NBM birds
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7145
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179191
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481930
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179191
• IUCN ID: 198126
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBY04040
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 162909

Footnotes

1. Mean = 702.010 meters (2,303.182 feet), Standard Deviation = 922.670 based on 20,000 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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