Purple finches and house finches are similar in appearance, as males of both have a lot of red on the head. This is a house finch. In your photo (above), the bird is perched at an angle, ...

Learn more about the house finch. ... Male: the breast, rump, and front of the head are typically red, ... The red breast is clearly demarcated from a whitish belly with dark streaks.

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 ...

Male house finches are bright red on their head, throat and breast. (Photo by Mick Thompson) ... If you know this bird, you probably know it as the house finch, ...

The Gouldian finch can have one of three main head colors: black, red, or yellow. Typically, they also have a black or red face, a yellow underside, and a purple chest. Their faces and rumps are ...

The female house finch is a common visitor to backyard bird feeders in the Berkshires. Lacking the distinctive red head feathers of the male house finch, females are easily confused with wrens. PHOTO ...

The Gouldian Finch has maintained three distinct colour types for thousands of generations – finches with red heads, black heads and yellow heads – something that is extremely rare. Now, scientists ...

The researchers zeroed in on a particular gene called follistatin which is found on the Gouldian Finch sex chromosome and regulates melanin to produce either red or black-headed finches. For the ...