Yellow-striped Brushfinch

The yellow-striped brushfinch is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long; one male weighed 28 g (0.99 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a blackish forehead that merges to dark brownish olive on the crown and nape. They have a wide yellow supercilium, a white eye-ring, and a blackish line from the lores through the eye. The line continues around the back of the ear coverts, which are grizzled yellow. They are bright yellow on the cheek below the ear coverts and have a black chin whose color continues as wide black stripes below the yellow. Their upperparts are greenish. Voice: The yellow-striped brushfinch's song is " a simple and explosive chip-pip’ chew-chew-chew" and its call a "tsip".