Red pileated finch a white eye ring. The male has a red crest and a black crown, just as the grey pileated finch does, however its upper parts are dark wine red, with a reddish rump, and the underparts are a drab reddish colour. The red crest and black head are absent in the female and the upper parts are a little more brown than those of the male. The throat of the female is white and the underparts pink. This bird has a wide distribution in South America. Its range includes southern Brazil and northern Argentina, extending from Brasília and Rio de
Laysan finch The female is duller than the male, with brown streaking. It is almost impossible to confuse the Laysan finch with any other bird in the field as it is the only passerine species found on the few islands it lives on. On its discovery the Laysan finch was an endemic resident of the small island of Laysan, along with the Laysan rail ("Porzana palmeri"), the Laysan honeycreeper ("Himatione fraithii"), the Laysan duck ("Anas laysanensis"), and the Laysan millerbird ("Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris"). Populations were introduced to several islands, including Pearl and Hermes Atoll, where the species persists, and Midway Atoll, where