Gray-crowned rosy-finch
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Identification Tips:
- Black forehead and throat
- Gray rear of head
- Brown breast and back
- Pink belly, undertail coverts, rump and wing feather edges
- Forked tail
- Sexes similar
Similar species:
The Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch is most likely to be confused with other
rosy-finches. Black Rosy-Finch lack brown back and breast. Brown-capped
lacks gray on head.