These birds measure 5 3/4 inches long with a 9 1/2 inch wingspan. Scientific Name: Haemorhous mexicanus Family: Finch House finch vs purple finch: How to tell the difference. Their diet mainly ...

The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada,” by Lillian Stokes and Matthew A. Young, published in 2024, is ...

Natural selection at its most powerful winnowed certain finches harshly during a severe drought in 1977. That year, the vegetation withered. Seeds of all kinds were scarce. The small, soft ones ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the ...

Sharp-eyed birdwatchers, farmers and crofters are being urged to look out for twites – known locally as linties.

Lastly, the reddish mating color on his head feathers appears fainter and lesser than the other male finches. Is it bird flu? Is it old age? Do I report this? To whom? I put shelled sunflower ...

Lovers of birds and particularly finches are in for a treat on March 15 when the Transvaal Zebra Finch Society (TZFS) hosts its first show in Ekurhuleni. The show takes place at Birds and Pets for ...