House Finch Feather Barbule
This is a house finch barbule from a home environmental tapelift. After it was detected the home owner was questioned about exposure to house finches. The home owner remarked that they had had a problem with finches making nests in their chimney and that a nest had fallen into their fireplace and they had finches flying around in the home in the recent past.
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Definition/Function:
KINGDOM: Animalia PHYLUM: Chordata CLASS: Aves ORDER: Passeriformes SUBORDER: Passeri PARVORDER: Passerida FAMILY: Fringillidae SUBFAMILY: Carduelinae GENUS: Carpodacus SPECIES: mexicanusSignificance in the Environment:
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References:
Dove, Carla J. and Sandra L. Koch, "Microscopy of feathers: a practical guide for forensic feather identification", THE MICROSCOPE, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 51-71, 2011Click here for more information about the House Finch.
