A familiar finch in Britain and Ireland. It searches the ground for seeds and insects, and shows white on its wings in flight.
White on the wings shows in flight. Males are more colourful, while females and juveniles are yellowish brown; females have a white wing stripe.
It forages on the ground and often stays under a bird table or hedge rather than on a feeder. Its diet includes seeds and insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.