house finch

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A widespread North American finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) having a streaked belly, brown wings, and, in the male, red or orange on the head, breast, and back.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun See finch.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico