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The Costa Rican brushfinch is 17 to 20 cm (6.7 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 40 to 49.5 g (1.4 to 1.7 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a black crown with a gray stripe in the middle and a gray supercilium that extends to the nape and continues down behind the ear coverts. The rest of their face is black. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are olive-green. Their throat is white with a narrow gray band below it. The center of their breast and belly is white, their sides and flanks gray, and their vent and undertail coverts olive-tinged. Voice: The Costa Rican brushfinch's song is "high-pitched and thin, a relatively simple series of 1–3 alternated, distinct high-pitched phrases interspersed with silent periods". Its call is "sharp and metallic".
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When to see the Costa Rican Brushfinch
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Costa Rican Brushfinch
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Costa Rican Brushfinch
The Costa Rican brushfinch is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
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Easily confused with
White-browed BrushfinchArremon torquatusThe white-browed brushfinch is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighs 30 to 36 g (1.1 to 1.3 oz).
Half-collared SparrowArremon semitorquatusThe half-collared sparrow is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 22 to 28 g (0.78 to 0.99 oz).
Olive FinchArremon castaneicepsThe olive finch has olive green plumage with a chestnut crown and nape.
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