North America is home to 17 species of finches. Two of them live year-round in the Times News region: the American goldfinch ...

Winter finches are known for their dispersions into the south during the winter, driven by crop failures and breeding ...

The southern black-throated finch is thought to be extinct in New South Wales, and only an estimated 1,000 are left in the wild in Queensland. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

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These two birds with the cardinal on Stuart McCausland’s feeder in Kempsville are female and male purple finches. There. I’ve said it. After years of wondering and guessing when I see a particularly ...

The recent heavy snowstorms that created havoc for people in the northern half of the country also may have pushed a group of pretty birds called purple finches to the Houston area. The little birds ...

Some female zebra finches foist a part of their eggs on their neighbors. Scientists in Germany have discovered that in every fifth nest there is one egg that is not produced by its social parents. The ...

The attractive Cassin’s finch of the montane west is slightly larger and longer winged than the similar purple finch, which it occasionally overlaps with during winter. It is often seen in small ...