She lacks the distinct pale eyebrow found on the male. Identifying the male and female house from other Carpodacus finches requires care. The male house differs from the male purple finch not only ...

House finch males have dark stripes 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 a contrasting ...

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 former.

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 ...