Subspecies in Kansas: A. f. flammea (Linnaeus).
* Spinus pinus. Pine Siskin. Common but irregular transient and winter resident throughout state. Two breeding records: nest with 3 or 4 young, later successfully fledged, Onaga, Pottawatomie County, May 3, 1920, F. F. Crevecoeur; nest with 3 eggs (young successfully fledged), 1 mile southwest of Concordia, Cloud County, observed from April 6 to 30, 1954, J. M. Porter.
Subspecies in Kansas: S. p. pinus (Wilson).
* Spinus tristis. Eastern Goldfinch. Common resident throughout state.
Subspecies in Kansas: S. t. tristis (Linnaeus).
* Loxia curvirostra. Red Crossbill. Irregular winter visitant throughout state, locally common at times. One nesting record: nest with one egg, Topeka, Shawnee County, March 22, 1917, A. Sidney Hyde. This nest later held three eggs, all hatched, three young fledged, and the family left the area in June.
Subspecies in Kansas (in approximate decreasing order of frequency): L. c. benti Griscom, L. c. bendirei Ridgway, L. c. minor (Brehm), L. c. stricklandi Ridgway, L. c. sitkensis Grinnell.
Loxia leucoptera. White-winged Crossbill. Rare and irregular winter visitant throughout the state. Only two specimens taken (Douglas and Ellis counties).
Subspecies in Kansas: L. l. leucoptera Gmelin.
Chlorura chlorura (Audubon). Green-tailed Towhee. Fairly common transient in west; rare winter visitant in east (Shawnee County, Wyandotte County).