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Field
Marks: A sparrow-sized finch.
It is widespread and abundant in a variety of habitats, especially urban
and suburban areas. It has been
expanding its range easterly where it was introduced. Often visits feeders
and its diet consists primarily of seeds.
Voice:
Voice is like kweat or weet.
Where
found: Resident from s. British
Columbia east to w. Nebraska and south to Mexico and w. Texas.
Introduced in New York, has spread to se. Canada, w. Michigan, and south
to central Georgia.
Texas:
Resident through w. half; east to Coleman, Austin, San Antonio, Beeville.
Straggler to Ft Worth, cent. Coast.
Habitat:
Towns, ranches, canyons, deserts.
Nest: Compact; in bush, tree, cactus, building, etc.