Red-headed finches dominate their black-headed and yellow-headed peers by physical aggression and by the mere fact of being red-headed, according to research published today in the Proceedings of ...

Redheads top the pecking order by flaunting it. University of New South Wales news release. December 30, 2005. Red-headed finches dominate their black-headed and yellow-headed peers by physical ...

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 ...

Ithaca, NY--There appears to be an underlying selection mechanism at work among Gouldian Finches--a mechanism that allows this species to produce and maintain individuals with red heads, black ...

While researchers say red-headed male finches are preferred by females, but researchers say that red is less common, which counterbalances the advantage of red forms of the bird. Photo by Marc Gardner ...

Black-headed birds were also more likely to approach and touch the string before a red-headed finch would. Gouldian finches have extremely colourful plumage with either red, black, or - rarely ...

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 ...

Red-headed finches dominate their black-headed and yellow-headed peers by physical aggression and by the mere fact of being red-headed, according to research published today in the Proceedings of ...

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 ...