These are social and noisy birds, constantly calling "Whack-up! They aren't very active, but give themselves away by their periodic wheezy descending calls. Male: slate grey head, orange cheeks and breast, white wing bars and silver bill in summer. Thank you for mentioning that it's crow-sized, a fact that I have never come across before, though I have been researching woodpeckers for quite a while now! They are VERY useful, indeed. What kind of birds have red eyes?You may enjoy these other articles: My review of the Nikon Monarch 7 8x42: I recommend these as the best binoculars under $500, My review of the Celestron Nature DX ED 8x42: I recommend these as the best bird watching binoculars under $200. They may visit your seed feeder in winter. You can view more detail on a particular bird by clicking the photo or by clicking the "View Detail" button. Found: breed in the upland areas of Scotland, the Pennines and North Wales, the Scottish islands and coastal parts of Northern Ireland. That shouldn't be too hard to figure out, should it? Found: scarce, preferring hornbeam woodland. Sometimes the entire bird is mostly red. The song lacks the harsh notes of House Finch and is less structured than Purple Finch. Thank you for your kind words (though I don't have much choice or control of the operation of the comment section). In the United States and Canada there are many birds with either fully or partially red heads. Otherwise they are about 9 inches long, plump, with two white wing bars, a heavy black conical bill and forked tail. How many kinds of birds with red heads could there possibly be? In winter many descend from mountains to lowlands orchards and backyards. Finches love seeds. Male: streaky dark brown all over with a stubby bill, forked tail and pink rump in summer. Juvenile: similar in colour to the female but without the black cap and bill. Found: common across the UK and a regular garden visitor, although populations have been hit by the disease trichomoniasis. Then they sally out to snap up a flying insect and return. They barely reach southern Canada. Females are grayer above, white below with streaks on the breast and peach-colored on the lower belly. They summer in deciduous woods in the eastern United States and migrate south out of the country in winter. The bill is smaller than other tanagers. Image: Shawn Taylor | CC BY 2.0 | flickr. They have a forked tail. The goldcrest is the smallest bird in the UK. Another similar species, Hepatic Tanager, is found in mountain forests of the Southwest and has a black bill. Finches are small birds with forked or notched tails, moderately pointed wings, rounded or elongated bodies and round heads, with more or less triangular bills. Found: found in pairs or small groups across the UK in woodland and sometimes large gardens. Female: buff brown tones all over with white wing bars. They winter in Middle America. I get woken every morning by Pileated Woodpeckers now that I have moved into the woods in Washington State! Help us get 50 million trees in the ground. They are widespread in the West, through the mountains of Mexico to middle America. As with most finches they eat mostly seeds. There is one, however, that has a red head. Juvenile: brown and streaky head, back and breast, with black wings and yellow wing bars. They drill tiny rows of sap wells in trees and then visit them to drink the sap and eat any insects that were trapped in the sticky sap. They require trees big enough to drill their nest holes, and away from competition for those holes with European Starlings. House Finches are found in residential areas, towns, farms throughout the United States. This striking woodpecker is found in most of the East and farms and streamside woods in the Great Plains. Juvenile: similar colouring to the female. More than 10 forms of Red Crossbills have been "discovered" recently. hup!" This conure, also known as the red-masked conure, is a brightly coloured bird with a bright red head and bright green body. The crown of the head is the brightest red. Found: conifer woodland across most of the UK, often feeding high in the canopy.