ADW: Carpodacus Mexicanus: INFORMATION - Animal Diversity Web

Physical Description

House finches are small songbirds. Average adults are 14 cm long and weigh 19 to 22 g. Their wings are about 8.4 cm long and tails are about 6.6 cm long. Females are approximately 1.3 cm shorter than males. Males have rosy-pink throats and rumps. They have a red line over their eyes, their backs are lightly streaked in red, their abdomens are whitish and streaked with brown, and they have brown-streaked wings, sides, and tails. Females are brownish overall but may also have some pale red coloration. Young house finches look similar to adult females.

House Finches may be confused with Purple Finches. Purple Finches have a more reddish color on their upper parts and are not streaked on their abdomens.

House finches may be confused with purple finches . Purple finches have more reddish color on their upper parts and are not streaked on the abdomen (Farrand, Jr. 1988).

• Other Physical Features
• endothermic endothermic
• bilateral symmetry bilateral symmetry

• Sexual Dimorphism
• male larger
• sexes colored or patterned differently
• male more colorful

Range mass 19 to 22 g 0.67 to 0.78 oz Average length 14 cm 5.51 in Average basal metabolic rate 0.3108 W AnAge