: a North American finch (Carduelis pinus of the family Fringillidae) with streaked plumage
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Recent Examples on the WebThis has led to population booms in evening grosbeak, purple finch, and to a lesser extent, pine siskin and other finches, the authors said.Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020 Being seen are representatives from eight finch species: pine siskin, common redpoll, hoary redpoll, purple finch, pine grosbeak, evening grosbeak, red crossbill, and white-winged crossbill, plus red-breasted nuthatch.Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020 For lesser gold finch, American gold finch and pine siskin, use Nyjer seed in a screen feeder. Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2019 Sometimes pine siskins can stage a full-fledged invasion, dominating the feeder activity as large flocks of dozens of birds show up all at once. Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 11 Feb. 2018