Brown-capped rosy-finch
Leucosticte australis
Identification Tips:
- Length: 6.25 inches
- Black forehead
- Brown head, breast and back
- Pink belly, undertail coverts, rump and wing feather edges
- Forked tail
- Female somewhat duller than male
Similar species:
The Brown-capped Rosy-Finch is most likely to be confused with other
rosy-finches but it lacks a gray head patch.
Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
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