Participant Photo: Finch Maybe

I captured this bird at the Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanical Gardens on April 18, 2023 (AM). Please, need help for positive identification. Looks like a Finch with reddish orange beak, but the body color looks like a sparrow.

Submitter: Dante V.

Place: Los Angeles County, CA, USA

Submission Date: April 18, 2023

Categories: Finches

Comments

5 comments on “Participant Photo: Finch Maybe”

DanteV on April 19th, 2023 - 12:45am

Pin-tailed Whydah Adult Female

Reply
Gary E Mueller on April 19th, 2023 - 7:57am

Hi Dante:

Your bird is a female/nonbreeding male Pin-Tailed Whydah.

Reply
- Dante V. on April 20th, 2023 - 1:13pm
  
  Thanks Gary!
  
  Reply
Texas Bird Family on April 19th, 2023 - 9:36am

I believe that is a female Pin-tailed Whydah

Reply
- Dante V. on April 19th, 2023 - 12:05pm
  
  Thank you, much appreciated.
  
  Reply

Comments

5 comments on “Participant Photo: Finch Maybe”

Leave a Reply Cancel reply