The brown body has distinct, blurry streaking above and below. She lacks the distinct pale eyebrow found on the male. Identifying the male and female house from other Carpodacus finches requires care.

I am seeing just a few purple finches at the feeders now. Last year, over a dozen were here on many days in January. Some may migrate to the south […] ...

A RARE species of bird has been spotted in Herefordshire after a wildlife trust claimed it was thought to be "locally extinct ...

The male has reddish forehead, breast and rump; a female house finch is streaked gray and brown above, with a lighter underside. Both sexes have brown-streaked bellies. These birds measure 5 3/4 ...

House finches and purple finches are both small birds which are native to North America. Both species have stunning red and ...

DESCRIPTION: The medium tree finch is a chunky, wren-like finch. The male has a black head, grayish-brown upperparts, and whitish or yellowish underparts. The female has a grayish-brown head. HABITAT: ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the ...