• Scientific name: Chloris chloris
• Group: Garden and Park Birds

This printable European Greenfinch coloring page is based on the bird’s compact body, strong conical bill, relatively short tail, and distinctive green-and-yellow plumage.

The European Greenfinch is a familiar bird of gardens, parks, farmland, and woodland edges. Its olive-green body and bright yellow flashes in the wings and tail make it especially attractive to color and easy to recognize once you know the main field marks.

Use the natural color guide for a realistic result, or choose your own colors and create a more imaginative version.

Color guide

Adult male:

• Head and body: olive green to yellow-green
• Back: greenish brown
• Breast: yellow-green
• Wings: dark gray-brown with a bright yellow patch
• Tail: dark with yellow outer areas
• Bill: pale pinkish or horn-colored
• Eyes: dark brown
• Legs and feet: pinkish brown to gray-brown

Adult female:

• Body: duller olive-brown or gray-green
• Breast and flanks: more muted, sometimes lightly streaked
• Wings: brownish with yellow markings
• Tail: brownish with yellow outer feathers

Young birds are browner and more heavily streaked than adults.

How to recognize a European Greenfinch

The European Greenfinch is a stocky finch with a large head and a thick, powerful bill designed for cracking seeds.

Adult males are mostly olive green, with bright yellow areas in the wings and along the sides of the tail. Females are duller and browner, but the yellow wing and tail markings are still useful identification features.

In flight, the yellow patches can be especially noticeable.

Greenfinches often have a slightly heavy, robust appearance compared with smaller finches such as Goldfinches or Siskins.

Where it lives

European Greenfinches are widespread across much of Europe and parts of western Asia and North Africa.

They are common in gardens, parks, farmland, hedgerows, orchards, woodland edges, and suburban areas.

They prefer places with a mixture of open feeding areas and nearby trees or bushes for nesting and shelter.

Greenfinches are also frequent visitors to bird feeders.

What it eats

European Greenfinches feed mainly on seeds.

Their strong bills allow them to crack larger seeds that some smaller finches struggle to open.

They eat seeds from grasses, weeds, trees, and garden plants, as well as grains and buds.

They often visit feeders for sunflower seeds and other seed mixes.

During the breeding season, they may also eat small insects and feed some invertebrates to their chicks.

Interesting facts

• The European Greenfinch belongs to the finch family, Fringillidae.
• Its scientific name, Chloris chloris, refers to the bird’s green coloration.
• The bright yellow flashes in the wings and tail are among the species’ most useful field marks.
• Greenfinches have especially strong bills adapted for crushing seeds.
• Their song includes musical phrases mixed with a distinctive drawn-out buzzing note.
• They often gather in small flocks outside the breeding season, especially around good feeding areas.
• Male Greenfinches are much brighter than females, making the species a good example of sexual dimorphism in birds.

• Scientific name: Fringilla coelebs
• Group: Garden and Park Birds

This printable Common Chaffinch coloring page is based on the bird’s compact body, short conical bill, rounded head, and distinctive wing markings. The Common Chaffinch is one of Europe’s most familiar finches. Males are especially colorful, with a blue-gray head, warm reddish breast, chestnut back, and bold white wing bars. Females are more subdued, with softer brown and olive tones.

Use the natural color guide for a realistic result, or choose your own colors and create a more imaginative version.

Color guide

Adult male:

• Head and nape: blue-gray
• Face: warm pinkish brown
• Breast and belly: pinkish red to warm salmon
• Back: chestnut brown
• Rump: olive green
• Wings: black and brown with two bold white wing bars
• Tail: dark gray to black with white outer feathers
• Bill: pale bluish gray in breeding season, duller outside it
• Eyes: dark brown
• Legs and feet: pinkish brown

Adult female:

• Head and body: gray-brown to olive-brown
• Breast and belly: pale brown or buff
• Back: olive-brown
• Wings: darker brown with clear white wing bars
• Tail: dark brown with paler outer feathers

Young birds resemble females and are usually duller than adult males.

How to recognize a Common Chaffinch

The Common Chaffinch is a small finch with a compact body, short strong bill, and a fairly long tail.

Its most useful field marks are the two bright white wing bars and white edges on the tail.

Adult males are easy to recognize by their blue-gray head, reddish-pink breast, and chestnut back. Females are less colorful, but the white wing bars still make them relatively easy to identify.

Chaffinches often feed on the ground beneath trees or around paths, hopping and walking while searching for food.

Their song is a fast, descending series of notes that ends with a distinctive flourish.

Where it lives

Common Chaffinches are widespread across Europe and parts of western Asia and North Africa.

They live in woodland, parks, gardens, farmland, orchards, hedgerows, and other areas with trees and open ground.

They are especially common in places where mature trees provide nesting sites and nearby ground offers plenty of food.

Some populations are resident throughout the year, while others migrate or move south during winter.

What it eats

Common Chaffinches feed mainly on seeds and other plant material outside the breeding season.

Their diet includes grass seeds, weed seeds, grains, buds, and berries.

During spring and summer, they also eat insects, caterpillars, beetles, spiders, and other small invertebrates.

Chicks are fed largely on insects because they need protein for rapid growth.

Interesting facts

• The Common Chaffinch belongs to the finch family, Fringillidae.
• Its scientific name, Fringilla coelebs, is associated with the observation that males and females may form separate flocks in some parts of their range during winter.
• The bold white wing bars are useful identification features in both males and females.
• Male Chaffinches become especially colorful during the breeding season.
• Their song is highly recognizable and is often one of the most common bird sounds in European woodlands and gardens.
• Chaffinches frequently forage on the ground but usually nest in trees or shrubs.
• They are among the most widespread and familiar small birds in Europe.

• Scientific name: Prunella modularis
• Group: Garden and Park Birds

This printable Dunnock coloring page is based on the bird’s compact body, fine pointed bill, rounded wings, and subtle brown-and-gray plumage.

The Dunnock is not as brightly colored as many garden birds, but that makes it especially useful for learning how to notice small differences in pattern, posture, and shape. Its streaked brown back, gray head and breast, and thin bill are important clues for identification.

Use the natural color guide for a realistic result, or choose your own colors for a more imaginative version.

Color guide

• Head: gray to blue-gray
• Face: gray-brown
• Back: warm brown with dark streaks
• Wings: brown with darker centers and paler edges
• Breast: gray
• Flanks: brown with darker streaking
• Belly: pale gray-brown
• Tail: dark brown
• Bill: thin and dark gray to black
• Eyes: reddish brown to dark brown
• Legs and feet: pinkish brown

Young birds are browner overall and usually show heavier streaking than adults.

How to recognize a Dunnock

The Dunnock is a small, quiet songbird with a slim pointed bill and a fairly plain overall appearance.

Its gray head and breast contrast with the heavily streaked brown back and wings. The thin bill is an important clue, especially when comparing it with sparrows, which usually have shorter, thicker bills.

Dunnocks often spend time close to the ground, moving quietly beneath shrubs, hedges, and garden vegetation.

They may look shy and unobtrusive, but their quick movements and soft, high-pitched calls can help reveal their presence.

Where it lives

Dunnocks are widespread across much of Europe and parts of western Asia.

They are commonly found in gardens, parks, hedgerows, woodland edges, scrub, farmland, and areas with dense low vegetation.

They prefer places with bushes and ground cover where they can feed and remain partly hidden.

Dunnocks are especially familiar in European gardens, where they often stay lower and closer to cover than more obvious birds such as robins or tits.

What it eats

Dunnocks feed mainly on small invertebrates.

Their diet includes insects, spiders, beetles, larvae, and other tiny animals found on or near the ground.

During autumn and winter, they also eat seeds and other plant material when insects are less available.

They usually forage quietly beneath bushes, among fallen leaves, or along the edges of hedges.

Interesting facts

• The Dunnock belongs to the accentor family, Prunellidae.
• It is sometimes called the Hedge Sparrow, although it is not actually a sparrow.
• Its thin pointed bill reflects its insect-rich diet and helps distinguish it from true sparrows.
• Dunnocks have unusually complex breeding systems. Depending on the local population, one female may mate with more than one male, or one male may have more than one female.
• They often remain close to dense cover and can be easy to overlook despite being common in many gardens.
• Their song is light, fast, and musical, often delivered from the top of a hedge or low tree.
• Dunnocks are good examples of how subtle plumage can still contain useful field marks once you know what to look for.

• Scientific name: Cyanocitta cristata
• Group: Garden and Park Birds

This printable Blue Jay coloring page is based on the bird’s bold crest, strong bill, long tail, and striking blue, black, and white plumage.

The Blue Jay is one of the most recognizable birds in North America. Its bright colors, patterned wings and tail, and expressive crest make it especially fun to color.

Use the natural color guide for a realistic result, or choose your own colors and create a more imaginative version.

Blue Jay Coloring Page Color guide

• Crest, back, wings, and tail: bright blue
• Face: white with blue and black markings
• Neck collar: black
• Breast and belly: pale gray to light buff
• Wing and tail pattern: blue, black, and white barring
• Bill: black
• Eyes: dark brown or black
• Legs and feet: dark gray or black

Young Blue Jays are similar to adults but may look slightly duller and less sharply patterned.

How to recognize a Blue Jay

The Blue Jay is a medium-sized songbird with a strong body, a fairly long tail, and a prominent crest on the head.

Its bright blue upperparts, white face, black necklace, and boldly patterned wings and tail make it easy to recognize. The wings and tail are marked with black bars and white spots, creating a particularly striking appearance.

The crest can be raised or lowered depending on the bird’s mood. When alert or excited, the crest often stands upright.

Blue Jays are also well known for their loud calls. They produce a wide range of sounds and can sometimes imitate the calls of hawks.

Where it lives

Blue Jays live across much of eastern and central North America.

They are commonly found in forests, woodland edges, parks, gardens, suburbs, and neighborhoods with trees. They especially favor habitats with oaks and other trees that produce nuts and seeds.

Because they adapt well to human environments, Blue Jays are familiar visitors to feeders, backyards, and city parks.

Some populations remain in the same region year-round, while others may move south or shift their range seasonally.

What it eats

Blue Jays are omnivorous. They eat acorns, seeds, nuts, berries, fruit, insects, caterpillars, beetles, and other small animals. They may also take eggs or nestlings on occasion.

Acorns are especially important in many areas. Blue Jays often carry and store them for later use, helping spread oak trees when forgotten acorns germinate.

They also visit feeders for peanuts, sunflower seeds, and other food offered by people.

Interesting facts

• Blue Jays belong to the crow family, Corvidae.
• They are intelligent birds and are known for their curiosity and problem-solving ability.
• Their bright blue color does not come from blue pigment. It is created mainly by the microscopic structure of the feathers.
• Blue Jays often store food for later, especially acorns.
• By carrying and hiding acorns, they help oak trees spread into new areas.
• They can imitate the calls of hawks, which may sometimes cause other birds to become cautious.
• The crest changes position depending on the bird’s mood and level of alertness.

• Scientific name: Turdus migratorius
• Group: Garden and Park Birds

This printable American Robin coloring page is based on the bird’s rounded body, upright posture, medium-length tail, and familiar thrush shape.

The American Robin is one of the best-known birds in North America. Its warm orange breast, dark head, gray-brown back, and yellow bill make it easy to recognize and enjoyable to color.

Use the natural color guide for a realistic result, or choose your own colors and create a more imaginative version.

American Robin Coloring Page Color guide

• Head: dark gray to blackish in adult males
• Back and wings: gray-brown
• Breast and belly: warm orange to reddish orange
• Lower belly and undertail: white
• Tail: dark gray to blackish
• Bill: yellow
• Eyes: dark brown
• Eye ring: pale white or broken white markings around the eye
• Legs and feet: dark gray to brown

Adult females are usually paler than males, with a lighter gray head and less intense orange underparts.

Young birds have spotted breasts and look much more mottled than adults.

How to recognize an American Robin

The American Robin is a medium-sized thrush with a rounded body, relatively long legs, and an upright posture.

Its most obvious field mark is the orange or reddish-orange breast, which contrasts with the darker head and gray-brown upperparts.

The yellow bill is another useful feature.

American Robins are often seen walking or running across lawns, stopping suddenly and tilting their heads while searching for worms and other prey.

Their song is a series of clear, musical phrases and is especially common in spring and early summer.

Where it lives

American Robins are widespread across most of North America.

They can be found in gardens, parks, lawns, woodland edges, farmland, suburban neighborhoods, orchards, and open forests.

They adapt very well to human environments and are among the most familiar birds in towns and cities.

Some populations migrate south for winter, while others remain in the same area throughout the year, depending on climate and food availability.

What it eats

American Robins eat both animal and plant foods.

Their diet includes earthworms, beetles, caterpillars, grasshoppers, spiders, and other small invertebrates.

They also eat berries and fruits, which become especially important during autumn and winter.

Robins are famous for searching lawns for worms, but fruit can make up a large part of their diet at certain times of year.

Interesting facts

• The American Robin belongs to the thrush family, Turdidae.
• Despite its name, it is not closely related to the European Robin. Early European settlers gave it the name “robin” because its orange breast reminded them of the familiar European bird.
• Young American Robins have spotted breasts, a typical feature of many thrushes.
• The species is one of the most familiar birds in North American gardens and parks.
• American Robins often form large flocks outside the breeding season.
• Their diet changes with the seasons: insects and worms are especially important during warmer months, while berries and fruits become more important later in the year.
• The American Robin is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

• Scientific name: Cardinalis cardinalis
• Group: Garden and Park Birds

This printable Northern Cardinal coloring page is based on the bird’s strong crest, thick seed-cracking bill, long tail, and bold overall shape.

The Northern Cardinal is one of the most recognizable birds in North America. It is especially popular as a coloring subject because the adult male is bright red and easy to identify, while the female has softer buff and olive tones with touches of red.

Use the natural color guide for a realistic result, or choose your own colors and create a more imaginative version.

Northern Cardinal Coloring Page Color guide

Adult male:

• Body: bright red
• Face mask: black
• Crest: bright red
• Wings: slightly darker red with brownish tones
• Tail: red
• Bill: orange-red
• Eyes: dark brown or black
• Legs and feet: gray-brown

Adult female:

• Body: warm buff, tan, or gray-brown
• Crest: buff with reddish tones
• Wings: brown with red highlights
• Tail: brownish red or reddish
• Face mask: dark gray to black around the bill
• Bill: orange-red
• Eyes: dark brown
• Legs and feet: gray-brown

Young birds resemble females but usually have a darker, duller bill before it becomes brighter.

How to recognize a Northern Cardinal

The Northern Cardinal is a medium-sized songbird with a raised crest, a thick conical bill, and a long tail.

Adult males are very easy to recognize because they are bright red all over, with a black mask around the face and throat. Adult females are less brightly colored, but they still show the same crest, strong red-orange bill, and reddish tones in the wings, tail, and crest.

The combination of a pointed crest, heavy bill, and long tail helps identify the species even when the bird is partly hidden in shrubs or trees.

Its clear whistled songs and sharp metallic calls are also useful clues. Both males and females sing.

Where it lives

Northern Cardinals live across much of the eastern and central United States, parts of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and southern Canada.

They are commonly found in gardens, parks, woodland edges, suburban neighborhoods, hedgerows, scrub, and areas with dense bushes and scattered trees.

They are especially comfortable around people and are frequent visitors to bird feeders, where they often feed on seeds.

Most Northern Cardinals do not migrate and usually remain in the same general area throughout the year.

What it eats

Northern Cardinals eat mainly seeds, grains, and fruit.

Their strong bills are especially well suited for cracking open seeds. They also eat berries, buds, and other plant material.

During the breeding season, they include more insects in their diet, such as beetles, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and other small invertebrates.

They often forage on the ground or in low shrubs, and they regularly visit feeders for sunflower seeds and similar foods.

Interesting facts

• The Northern Cardinal belongs to the cardinal family, Cardinalidae.
• It is the official state bird of more U.S. states than any other species.
• Unlike many songbirds, both males and females sing.
• The bright red plumage of the male comes from pigments in its food called carotenoids.
• Northern Cardinals usually form strong pairs, and mates often stay close together.
• Males may feed females during courtship, a behavior known as courtship feeding.
• Because they do not migrate and remain visible in winter, Northern Cardinals are especially familiar and loved backyard birds in many parts of North America.