White-rimmed Brushfinch

The white-rimmed brushfinch is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a large dark rusty crown, hindcrown, and upper nape and a white ring around the eye that extends to the rear in a teardrop shape. The rest of their face is black. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are mostly blackish gray with a hint of olive on the rump and uppertail coverts. Their throat is dark gray, their underparts dark olive with obscure darker mottling on the breast, and slightly darker olive flanks and undertail coverts. Voice: The white-rimmed brushfinch's song has been described as "a forceful series of pretty and melodic notes and phrases, often including repetitions". A more detailed description is "a slowly delivered series of 4–15 strident notes, either upslurred or downslurred whistles, varying from swee twuu twuu twuu to a longer swee swee chewit chewit chewit tweew tweew chu chu".