Adult male: the red crown is bordered by black, with a small red patch below black nape bar; the chin and throat are red, with the red color partially invading the black malar stripe that outlines ...

Peachy wash on chin and throat ... One of the most abundant birds in North America, the red-winged’s count was estimated at 190 million in the mid-1970s. Populations are stable.

Adult males are larger than females and have a pitch-black body with a brownish-red and white patch on their wing shoulders. Adult females are mostly black with grayish streaks, a whitish chin and ...