A cheerful resident songbird at Woodline Ranch. Males feature a bright crimson red forehead, chest, and rump with brown streaked flanks.
Field Identification: Conical seed-eating bill, heavy brown streaking on flanks and belly, male with bright rosy-red head, chest, and rump.
Texas & Hill Country Notes: The red coloration of male House Finches comes directly from carotenoid pigments in the seeds and berries they eat. Originally native to the western U.S. and Mexico, they expanded nationwide after caged birds were released in New York in 1940.
