Double-barred Finch | BIRDS in BACKYARDS

The Double-barred Finch is one of the long-tailed grass-finches and is notable for its 'owl-faced' features, having a white face bordered black. It is grey-brown, with white underparts banded black above and below the chest, giving the species its name. The wings are black, spotted white, the tail is black and the bill and legs are blueish-grey. Juveniles are dulller, with indistinct chest bars. These grass-finches usually feed in flocks and have a bouncing, undulating flight pattern.

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There are two subspecies of Double-barred Finch: the eastern race has a white...

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Date: 2017-04-03 07:45:58
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Pin-tailed Whydahs, Vidua macroura - Beauty Of Birds

Indigobirds

The Pin-tailed Whydah, Vidua macroura, is a small resident songbird that occurs in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert; where it lives in light and densely wooded forests with Mopane trees; savanna grasslands where it breeds and feeds; and African bushveld.

The Pin-tailed Whydah is known in Afrikaans as Koningrooibekkie. They are also called "Widow Birds" in reference to the...

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Date: 2017-04-03 08:07:06
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Long tail, red beak, small bird | BIRDS in BACKYARDS

Long tail, red beak, small bird

I was not able to get a picture of this bird which lit on the ground below my bird feeder and was eating grain. It had markings which looked like a sparrow or finch and was about the size of a sparrow or finch. But it had a very long black tail...much longer than the bird itself. ...

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Date: 2017-04-03 08:52:37
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Commonly Seen Species

Common Redpoll

Common Redpolls are brown and white birds with heavily streaked sides. Look for a small red forehead patch, black feathering around a yellow bill, and two white wingbars. Males have a pale red vest on the chest and upper flanks. More

Hoary Redpoll

A small pale bird of the high Arctic, the Hoary Redpoll is a rare winter visitor to southern Canada and the...

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Colorado State Bird - Lark Bunting - 50States.com

[Calamospiza melanocorys.]

PLATE CCII.--MALE AND FEMALE.

This species, of which there are in my possession several specimens, presented to me by my friend Mr. NUTTALL, was discovered by that zealous naturalist and his companion Mr. TOWNSEND on the plains of the Platte, and briefly characterized in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. From its general appearance, and...

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Niels, Thank you for information!

I thought these wydahs are parasitic breeders with each using one or a few Estrildid finches with siimilar mouth pattern, and are in themselves highly adapted to that by their...

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The Star Finch - Neochmia ruficauda

Red-faced finch, Ruficauda, Rufous-tailed finch

Description

Males are easily distinguished from hens by their larger face mask. The males also have a song that they will sing while stretching their neck and fluffing their head feathers, often while carrying a long piece of nesting material ( MP3 of the male's song ).

Diet

For such a small bird, the Star finch really likes big seeds. I found that...

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Date: 2015-10-22 02:43:44
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Snow Birds: 10 Birds to Look for in Winter – Cool Green ...

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Attention new birders: I have news for you. Winter is not the off-season.

Sure, it's absolutely frigid outside, a meager 20 species is a good day, and by the time January rolls around you never want to see another raft of ducks for as long as you live. (Okay, at least not until next winter.)

But despite the obvious...

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