Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans

Attractive songbird of parks, forests, and meadows. The combination of crest and yellow brow and throat unmistakable. Adult male has a black chest patch, mask, and crest combined with a yellow throat and brow. Female is similar but paler and lacks any kind of chest patch. Both sexes have brown backs and lightly marked pale bellies. Usually found in small flocks, foraging within vegetation, often on the ground.