Brandt's Mountain Finch

Leucosticte brandti

Beak

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Feet

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Crest

No crest

Resident. Himalayas. From Plain in all plumages by unstreaked to lightly streaked mantle, and rather pale and comparatively uniform wing-coverts. Has broad white edges to primary coverts and to tertials/secondaries, which form more striking white panel on wing than Plain, and has more prominent white edges to outer rectrices. Adult breeding has sooty-black head and nape; male has pink on rump (indistinct on female). Shows less black on head in non-breeding plumage. Juvenile and first-summer have buffish head and mantle, and tertials and wing-coverts have warm buff edgings. Alpine slopes.