The common is generally a relatively small, streaked finch with a small, pointed bill; short, deeply notched tail; 2 white wing bars; black chin; red cap; and varying amounts of red underneath ...

To me, the Cassins finch always seems brighter, says Dusty Downey, conservation ranching manager at the Audubon Rockies. The rich red crown of a male Cassins makes a striking contrast to its pale ...

Unlike the red strawberry finch, which looks exactly like its namesake, the green strawberry finch is more zebra than fruit: Credit: Pkspks/Wikimedia There’s one more species in the Amandava genus: ...

We had a newcomer at our birdfeeder today. It looked like a sparrow, but we thought its head had a touch of red. It was exciting, since our winter birds left long ago. Except for a pair of ...

Red crossbills are members of the finch family. The most common species in Central Oregon is the red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra). Loxia is from the Greek word loxos meaning crosswise ...

Jet black cap. Black wings with yellow lesser coverts and narrow white tips to greater coverts, forming 2 white wing bars along with white edging to the tertials. White inner webs to most of the ...

This week, we will focus in a lesser manner on two other feeder birds, the black-capped chickadee and the more recent addition, the house finch. Let us begin with house finch. The house finch, I ...

They might be tiny but the endangered black-throated finch is a bird with a big, bad reputation in some parts of Queensland. The small, seed-eating bird has been blamed for stalling mining and ...

Unlike the red strawberry finch, which looks exactly like its namesake, the green strawberry finch is more zebra than fruit: Credit: Pkspks/Wikimedia There’s one more species in the Amandava genus: ...