Identifying the male and female house from other Carpodacus finches requires care. The male house differs from the male purple finch not only by having a smaller, more curved bill, but also by ...

Male house finches are more orange and red ... there (as seen in your photo), while purple finches don’t. A female house finch has a fairly plain brown face, while a female purple finch has ...

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 […] ...

Adult male: worn (breeding ... Flight more resembles the house finch than native sparrows. A female orange bishop may be passed off as female house sparrow by observers unfamiliar with the ...

Black Gouldian finch family: male, female, and juveniles. This image accompanied the report, "Genetic Incompatibility Drives Sex Allocation and Maternal Investment in a Polymorphic Finch," by S.

Female house finches do most of the nest building and all of the egg incubating. The males help out with feeding the nestlings. Audubon has this to say about the species' spread: "Native to the ...

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 ...