Male house finches also have red plumage but it is mainly confined to ... purple finches are are only found in flocks during the winter and are territorial and solitary throughout the rest of ...

The attractive house finch is one of the more common and recognizable species throughout the United States. Originally a “western” species of semiarid environments, it was introduced in the ...

It is more gregarious in winter ... combination of structural and plumage characters that separate them from native sparrows. Flight more resembles the house finch than native sparrows.