Male (Spectacled) © Nick Hudson eBird S27091755 Macaulay Library ML 73277211
Male (Black-faced) © Nigel Voaden
Female (Spectacled) © Luke Seitz
Female (Black-chinned) © Michael Todd
Male (Spectacled) © Raphaël Nussbaumer
+ 4
Male and female (Black-faced) © Graeme Spinks
© Mark Smiles
© Tyler Davis

Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis

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Identification

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Distinctive, tiny, short-tailed waxbill. Always shows barred breast and flanks, a red bill, and white edges to the tail. The pattern of the head and back vary across the range; can show a gray head and back (with or without a white spectacles), a brown head and back, or a black head with a brown back. Found in short grassland and other open habitats, usually near water. Inconspicuous on the ground; usually detected in flight. Call is a distinctive “jink”, most often given in flight.

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