Large-footed Finch
Pezopetes capitalis
The large-footed finch is one of the heaviest in its diverse family. It is 17 to 20 cm (6.7 to 7.9 in) long and weighs about 56 g (2.0 oz). It has a long tail and very large legs and feet but a disproportionately small slender bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a black crown and a dark gray supercilium. Their face from the bill to just past the eye and down through the throat is black and the rest of their face and their nape are dark gray. Their upperparts and wing coverts are olive green. Their tail is blackish with thin olive green feather edges. Voice: The large-footed finch's song is described as "a languid medley of sweet whistles and chirps" likened to that of some wrens. Another description compares the song to that of the orange-billed nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris), writing it as "short, rich, throaty whistles" and "rattles, trills and imitations of other birds". The species' call is "a high, soft psee or seet".
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White-throated Towhee
Melozone albicollis
The white-throated towhee is a large sparrow with a long tail, 18.5 to 22.5 cm (7.3 to 8.9 in) long and weighing 42 to 50 g (1.5 to 1.8 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a brown crown and nape. They have a white supercilium to the eye, some whitish below the eye, and a blackish stripe on the cheek. The rest of their face is brown above and chestnut below. Their upperparts and tail are brown. Their wing is mostly brown with white on the median coverts that shows as two wing bars. Their chin is white and their throat rusty cinnamon with white under it. Voice: The white-throated towhee's song is described as "very high warbling...strident in places, accelerating and rising in pitch in phrases includes --pirrup-pirrup-pirrup--". Another description is "a series of chipping notes with one or more introductory notes, chik chik tchu-chu-chu-chu chi-i-ir". Its call is "a slurred metallic churenk".
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