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The coal-crested Finch is a rare and near-threatened bird species. Their generation length is 2.4 years, and their current population is decreasing. The species is characterized by its long spiky crest and its small size. It is a dichromatic species; both males and females have the diagnostic crest, but females are brown and males are black, white and gray. Juvenile coloration is the same as the female, but with a white belly and lower mandible. Their most common calls are soft.
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When to see the Coal-crested Finch
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Coal-crested Finch
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Coal-crested Finch
The coal-crested finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Though previously classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that it is a member of the large tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Charitospiza.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-scarfed TanagerIridosornis reinhardtiThe yellow-scarfed tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Cinereous Warbling FinchMicrospingus cinereusThe cinereous warbling finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Sulphur-rumped TanagerHeterospingus rubrifronsThe sulphur-rumped tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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