What Does a House Finch Look Like? 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 ...

The male common rosefinch is more rose-pink overall and lacks distinct streaking on its belly. The female finches are more problematic.

In the wild, male house finches range from yellowish through orange to red. The colors come from carotenoid pigments, the same substances that make carrots orange and flamingos pink. Three different ...

Highly adaptable, they are found in both urban and suburban areas, coniferous forests and riparian areas. Weighing only a few ounces, the female is somewhat smaller than the male. To attract ...

This spring, the bird tables were turned as seven female and at least four male purple finches took over the feeders. One female was particularly feisty.

Female purple finches have much stronger facial markings than female house finches and can be drab greenish to brownish. Male purple finches are often more “raspberry” colored than house finches, and ...

These birds typically prefer to live in social groups during the non-breeding season. During the breeding season, they known to pair up with the male and female remaining monogamous during such time.

Female house finches prefer to mate with males with the reddest feathers, but dull-colored males make themselves more appealing by acting more social before mating season, according to a study in ...

Both male and females are similar to our house finches, but the purple finch males are much more rosy in color than male house finches and the brownish females, more striped than house finch females.