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The locust finch is similar to the quailfinch but males have a red face, throat and breast with rufous wings and black body with white spots but with a plain back belly. The females also have rufous wings and lack the white face markings of female quailfinches while immatures have black and brown streaks on the upperparts and browner underparts than females. This species has a body which is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) in length.
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When to see the Locust Finch
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Locust Finch
The map shades 6 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 South Africa, Kenya, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa.
About the Locust Finch
The locust finch or locustfinch is a species of waxbill found in south-central and south-eastern Africa. It is the only species in the genus Paludipasser. It is sometimes placed in the genus Ortygospiza.
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Easily confused with
Tawny-breasted ParrotfinchErythrura hyperythraThe tawny-breasted parrotfinch is a species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Black-headed WaxbillEstrilda atricapillaThe black-headed waxbill is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa.
Buff-bellied MannikinLonchura melaenaThe buff-bellied mannikin, also known as the sooty munia or Bismarck munia, is a species of estrildid finch found in New Britain and Buka Island.
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