Painted Bunting female? Central Texas 778070

[TexasCobra]

Feeding on BOSS

 

[MichaelLong]

House Finch

[TexasCobra]

What features distinguish the female House Finch from the female Painted Bunting?  Both species are common in my area.  I have photographed both species of females.  I have pulled up images of the two from bird identification websites.   

I am still unclear about how to distinguish the females of the two species.  Thanks for your reply. 

[IKLland]

2 minutes ago, TexasCobra said:

What features distinguish the female House Finch from the female Painted Bunting?  Both species are common in my area.  I have photographed both species of females.  I have pulled up images of the two from bird identification websites.   

I am still unclear about how to distinguish the females of the two species.  Thanks for your reply. 

One is green, the other is brownish gray with streaks on it, among many other things. 

[AlexHenry]

There’s gotta be some color-blindness going on with this one

[Jerry Friedman]

19 hours ago, IKLland said:

One is green, the other is brownish gray with streaks on it, among many other things. 

Here's a similar view of a female Painted Bunting.

https://pixels.com/featured/3-female-painted-bunting-ira-runyan.html

 

[TexasCobra]

24 minutes ago, Jerry Friedman said:

Here's a similar view of a female Painted Bunting.

https://pixels.com/featured/3-female-painted-bunting-ira-runyan.html

 

That pic is entirely too, too green when compared against the Texas female Painted Bunting.  Here is a pic I took earlier this summer which was confirmed to be the female Painted Bunting photographed in my backyard.

 

 

Edited August 14 by TexasCobra
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[IKLland]

23 minutes ago, TexasCobra said:

That pic is entirely too, too green when compared against the Texas female Painted Bunting.  Here is a pic I took earlier this summer which was confirmed to be the female Painted Bunting photographed in my backyard.

 

 

Yes, that is a female Painted Bunting. Notice how it is green, not grayish brown, and how it lacks streakings(when you see it from the front). Many other things as well, including overall shape and impression, wingbars(look carefully at photos to see these minor things), head pattern(house finch has streaks on its head), and some other subtle structural differences. Unless seen in the poorest of viewing conditions, they’re really hard to confuse. 

[Jerry Friedman]

16 hours ago, TexasCobra said:

That pic is entirely too, too green when compared against the Texas female Painted Bunting.  Here is a pic I took earlier this summer which was confirmed to be the female Painted Bunting photographed in my backyard.

 

 

Despite my partial color-blindness (deuteranomaly), your bird's head and back are obviously green, not dull brown like a female House Finch.