What's the difference between
a male bullfinch
and a female bullfinch?

What's the difference between male and female bullfinches?

• Bullfinches are common birds in the UK although they can be a bit shy to show themselves very much at garden bird feeders.
  
  
• They are large, stocky members of the finch family - neither the male or the female when healthy are generally slim in stature.
  
  
• Both the male are female have the same distrinctive markings - a black head, and black wings with a white flash.
  
  
• The male has a belly and chest which are red-orange, sometimes pink. The female has a brown chest and belly sometimes with a pink tinge.
  
  
• The male's back is grey while the female is generally a little browner.
  
  
• Juveniles can look very similar to the fermales with a mostly brown body but they have a brown head rather than a black one.