Black rosy-finch
Leucosticte atrata
Identification Tips:
- Black forehead, throat, breast and back
- Gray rear of head
- Brown breast and back
- Pink belly, undertail coverts, rump and wing feather edges
- Forked tail
- Female somewhat duller than male
Similar species:
The Black Rosy-Finch is most likely to be confused with other
rosy-finches but it lacks brown in its plumage.