Adult male © Giovanni Pari eBird S46659596 Macaulay Library ML 104959371
Adult male © Paul Hyde
Adult female © Will Morris
Adult female © Rahul Kumar
Adult female/immature male © Balaji P B
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Flock © Kumar RR

Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua

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Identification

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Handsome yellowish finch with daffodil-yellow wing patches and a dark head. Streaky olive-yellow overall with grayish striping on the back and underparts. Male has a darker head than the female. Usually encountered foraging in small flocks or flying overhead. Inhabits open forests, forest edge, fields, and village fringes in hilly and montane regions. Song is a series of wheezy notes with bursts of trills and “tinks” in between. Most common call is a high twitter, often heard as the bird flies overhead. Other calls include wheezy and raspy sounds reminiscent of the song.

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