The red breast is clearly demarcated from ... Identifying the male and female house from other Carpodacus finches requires care. The male house differs from the male purple finch not only by ...

A female house finch has a fairly plain brown face ... Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman write, "Little red finches can be tricky. Purple finches and house finches are similar in appearance, as males ...

Male house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) that are have more brightly colored red breast feathers are healthier than duller, yellower ones, and their coloration visually signals their fitness to ...

I was fortunate enough to have a pair of purple finches nest near me, allowing me to observe their courtship ritual for the first time. The male sang incessantly from a tree ...

If you just saw a flash of red in the backyard ... they sometimes snack on aphids and other small insects. Female house finches do most of the nest building and all of the egg incubating.

The male has reddish forehead, breast and rump; a female house finch is streaked ... fascinating color variation. Male house finches are usually marked with red, but sometimes those red areas ...