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DesertCup nestSmall · 26 g
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It has an average wingspan of 26 centimetres (10 in). It has a stout black bill, black and white remiges and rectrices, and a slash of rosy-pink on each wing. The female is more dull in color than the male, but other than that the adult sexes are similar in color pattern.
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When to see the Desert Finch
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Desert Finch
The map shades 19 countries with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in India, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Cyprus.
About the Desert Finch
The desert finch, sometimes called Lichtenstein's desert finch, is a large brown true finch found in southern Eurasia. Its taxonomy is confused, and it has formerly been placed in Fringilla, Bucanetes, Carduelis and Rhodopechys.
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Easily confused with
Blue-crowned ChlorophoniaChlorophonia occipitalisThe blue-crowned chlorophonia is a chunky, short-tailed, stubby-billed bird.
Black-headed CanarySerinus alarioThe black-headed canary is 12–15 cm in length.
Plain Mountain FinchLeucosticte nemoricolaThe Plain Mountain Finch is 14–15 centimetres (5.5–5.9 in) long, weighs 18–25 grams (0.63–0.88 oz), and has a slender build with long wings, a notched tail, and a short pointed bill.
Side by side: Desert Finch vs Plain Mountain Finch · Blue-crowned Chlorophonia vs Desert Finch
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