common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)
United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)
A bullfinch is a type of small European bird. The male has a black head and a pinkish-red breast. a small grey and red European bird. Any of several species of stocky, stout-billed songbird (family Fringillidae). Eurasia has six species of the genus Pyrrhula, all boldly marked. The common bullfinch (P. pyrrhula), 6 in. (15 cm) long, is black and white; the male has a pinkish orange underside. It has a soft warbling call and is a popular cage bird. Usually found in evergreen groves and hedgerows, it is notorious for eating the buds of fruit trees. The trumpeter bullfinch (Rhodopechys githaginea), of arid localities from the Canary Islands to India, is a pale bird with a blaring buzzy note