by gargoyle661
Jan 7, 2006 9:16 AM · 1492 views · 37.5 k · 320 x 240
Keywords: unknown finch
small finch very active chestnut brown with black head .not a society or spice smaller than them also bottom beak looks like a light grey color the top beakblack. tail looks black or maybe dark brown
i noticed it has some blue matalic on the shoulder wings . seen only at a angle. please help identify this bird ...
touitwi
Jan 22, 2006 1:46 PM
Hi,looks like a Bronze Mannikin
Discription from The Finch Hand Book
3½ inches Male and Female:Head,black with a metalic green sheen;back and wings, earth brown;recently molted primareis have narrow light outlines that can suggest a checkerboard pattern;sholders have a black spot;tail,black;belly,whitewith brown sides where wide bands on feathers from crossbarring;under tail coverts white with blackish brown crossbarring.