DescriptionSize: 4 inches
Male: dull crimson except for brighter rump and uppertail-coverts; centre of lower breast to lower flanks and undertail-coverts black.
Female: gray head and face; bright red spot on lores, pale buff throat, pinkish underparts, blackish from lower belly to undertail.
Call: a repeated sharp 'chek' or 'tseeay', also a soft nasal 'keeyh' or 'squeer'.
Song: a variable jumble of low-pitched phrases and a Greenfinch like trilling ending with a whistling 'tyee tyee tyee' or 'tew tew tew'.
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