‘I’iwi

Birds > Fringillidae & Hawaiian Honeycreepers

The ‘I’iwi (Drepanis coccinea), also known as the Scarlet Honeycreeper, is an internationally celebrated icon of the Hawaiian archipelago and a textbook triumph of evolutionary adaptive radiation. Clothed in a blazing plumage of scarlet-vermilion feathers...

Pine Siskin

Birds > Finches & Allies

The Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) is an energetic, acrobatic boreal finch renowned for its high-spirited chattering flocks and dramatic, unpredictable winter ‘irruptions’ across North America. Heavily streaked in earthy brown and tan, this small conifer...

Cassin’s Finch

Birds > Finches & Allies

Cassin’s Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) is an elegant, aristocratic songbird native to the high, sun-drenched conifer forests of the American West. Larger and more crisply marked than its familiar purple finch and house finch cousins, the male Cassin’s Finch...

Evening Grosbeak

Birds > Songbirds

The Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) is a spectacular, heavy-billed finch that illuminates the northern boreal forests and western mountain conifer groves of North America. Flaunting dazzling plumage of glowing golden-yellow, charcoal, and snowy-white, this...

Red Crossbill

Birds > Passerines

The Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), historically known in Europe simply as the common crossbill, is one of the most anatomically specialized and ecologically intriguing passerines in the Northern Hemisphere. Belonging to the true finch family Fringillidae, this...