Families: Fringillidae, Passeridae, Ploceidae, Estrilididae
Finches are small to medium sized birds with pointed wings, notched tails, stout bills, and distinctive flight calls. Female finches can be quite plain while males can be quite colorful.
Title: Pine Siskin perched in sagebrush
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2022
Title: Pine Siskin foraging in sage
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2022
Title: Pine Siskin on top of sagebrush
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2022
Title: Male American Goldfinch in spring
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/11/2021
Title: Male House Finch in front of a red barn
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/4/2021
Title: Orange variant male House Finch in autumn
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/4/2021
Title: Orange variant male House Finch eating greasewood seeds
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/4/2021
Title: Orange variant male House Finch
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/4/2021
Title: Adult American Goldfinch perched on a greasewood in autumn
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/4/2021
Title: American Goldfinches in winter plumage perched on a greasewood
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/4/2021
Title: Autumn male House Finch perched on a greasewood
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/4/2021
Title: American Goldfinch in winter plumage
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/4/2021
Title: Adult Pine Siskin on a Musk Thistle close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 7/7/2021
Title: Adult male American Goldfinch in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/29/2021
Title: Male American Goldfinch perched on a chokecherry tree
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/29/2021
Title: Spring male American Goldfinch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2021
Title: Spring female Cassin’s Finch next to a creek
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/19/2021
Title: American Goldfinch perched on a leafless sumac
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 11/22/2020
Title: Pine Siskin perched on a leafless sumac
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 11/22/2020
Title: Male Lesser Goldfinch lifting off
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/28/2020
Title: Autumn male Lesser Goldfinch
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/28/2020
Title: Male Lesser Goldfinch eating Common Sunflower seeds
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/28/2020
Title: Adult male Lesser Goldfinch in autumn
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/28/2020
Title: Lesser Goldfinch male eating wild sunflower seeds
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/28/2020
Title: Cassin’s Finch with a Mountain Mahogany seed
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 9/22/2020
Title: Pine Siskin high in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2020
Title: Pine Siskin clinging to a small branch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2020
Title: American Goldfinch male on a thistle with ants and aphids
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020