DescriptionSize: 4.25-5 inches.
Adult: finely barred, except for pale face, brigh red eye-stripe, wax-red bill and small pinkish patch on lower breast and belly.
Juvenille: very faintly barred (looks, plain), pale red through eye; black bill, pale buff-brown underparts.
Call: commonest call is a sharp, abrupt 'pit' or 'tchick', often repeated when alarmed or excited, also a soft 'chip' and a nasal 'cher-cher-cher'.
Song: is a low, harsh rising 'tcher-tcher-preeee', 'cher-cher-cher', occasionally followed by a 'dit' note or a descending 'chewi-chee'
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