Finches and Sparrow

Answer 1

House finch

Haemorhous mexicanus

Song- Male House Finches sing a long, jumbled warbling composed of short notes. The song often ends with an upward or downward slur, and lasts about 3 seconds.

Answer 2

House finch

Haemouhous mexicanus

Male and female House Finch calls are a sharp cheep

Answer 3

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

have a rather simple song of one or a series of cheep or chirrup notes

Answer 4

Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina

Song- Male Chipping Sparrows sing a long, dry trill of evenly spaced, almost mechanical-sounding chips

Answer 5

Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina

both sexes use a single chip note to stay in contact with others

Answer 6

American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis

Males sing a long and variable series of twitters and warbles that can be several seconds long

Answer 7

American Goldfinch

• Spinus tristis*
• po-ta-to-chip* with a very even cadence

Answer 8

American Goldfinch

• Spinis tristis*
• call*

Answer 9

Purple Finch

Haemorhous purpureus

Answer 10

White-crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys