Desert Finch - Rhodopechys obsoleta

Identification: 14.5-15cm (6 in)
Adult male breeding: pale sandy-brown, black lores, pink coverts and base of flight feathers, white edges to primaries and outer tail feathers.
Adult female breeding: as male, but lacks black lores, slightly less pink in wing and flight feathers brownish-black.
Call is a rather soft rippling or purring, almost Bee-eater-like "rrrree", "prruii-prruii", "Prrryv, prrryv" or "prrrt-prrrt", also a fairly harsh "turr" and a sharp "shreep" given in flight.
The song is a pleasant rambling or chattering jumble of disconnected notes incorporating many of the call notes with some harsher trills and rolls, reminiscent of both Linnet and Greenfinch, but usually harsher, or more nasal.