Description
Within the finch family, the Gray-crowned Rosy Finch is medium-large with a comparatively long notched tail and wing. Adults are brown on the back and breast and mainly pink on the rest of the underparts and the wings. The forehead and throat are black; the back of the head is grey. They have short black legs and a long forked tail. There is some variability in the amount of grey on the head. Adult females and juveniles are similar. Overall length is 140–160 mm (5.5–6.3 in), wingspan 33 mm (1.3 in), and weight 22–26 g (0.78–0.92 oz). L. t. wallowa has an almost entirely gray head. The Pribilof and Aleutian subspecies have a length of 170–210 mm (6.7–8.3 in) and weight of 42–60 g (1.5–2.1 oz), about twice the size of the other subspecies. The Black Rosy Finch has a black instead of brown body and the Brown-capped Rosy Finch is a lighter brown and lacks the gray face patch.
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