Fact-checked by Kenn Kaufman , field editor, Audubon magazine.

We don’t have a lot of pink birds in North America. In fact, even if we get generous with the definition of pink and count rare species or those with minimal pink plumage, we have fewer than a dozen. Fortunately, two of them are among the most remarkable birds you can see in the United States: the Roseate Spoonbill and the American Flamingo. But not to be outdone, the other species on this list include highly sought after finches, two feeder favorites, and three hummingbirds.

Although they all feature some shade of pink, the below species get their coloration in varied ways. For the spoonbill and flamingo, the deepness of their hue is diet dependent (more on that later). For the hummingbirds, microscopic structures in their feathers create their pink iridescence. And those finches? Their reddish-pink plumage happens at the genomic level .…