Species Set #5

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Northern Mockingbird
Passeriformes
Mimidae
Gray head with blackish loral line
Wings dark but not jet black
Pale eye
plane plain belly
long tail short beak

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Northern Mockingbird
Passeriformes
Mimidae
Gray head with blackish loral line
Wings dark but not jet black
Pale eye
plane plain belly
long tail short beak

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California Thrasher
Passeriformes
Mimidae
Mimidae
Very long decurved bill
Drab overall with whitish throat and malar line, streaked cheek
long legs
long tail

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California Thrasher
Passeriformes
Mimidae
Mimidae
Very long decurved bill
Drab overall with whitish throat and malar line, streaked cheek
long legs
long tail

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European Starling
Passeriformes
Sturnidae
Straight bill
Males and Females look alike
Breeding appearance has iridescent plumage that looks oily greenish-black to purplish-black, with yellow bill.
Nonbreeding has intricate spotting, dark bill, and overall duller plumage.

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European Starling
Passeriformes
Sturnidae
Straight bill
Males and Females look alike
Breeding appearance has iridescent plumage that looks oily greenish-black to purplish-black, with yellow bill.
Nonbreeding has intricate spotting, dark bill, and overall duller plumage.

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Cedar Waxwing
Passeriformes
Bombycillidae
Distinct black mask
Crest
Red waxy feather tips on wing
Bright yellow to orange tip on tail

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Cedar Waxwing
Passeriformes
Bombycillidae
Distinct black mask
Crest
Red waxy feather tips on wing
Bright yellow to orange tip on tail

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Phainopepla
Passeriformes
Ptiliogonatidae
Uniform iridescent black
Long tail
Long crest
Adults have red eye
White wing patches visible during flight

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Phainopepla
Passeriformes
Ptiliogonatidae
Uniform iridescent black
Long tail
Long crest
Adults have red eye
White wing patches visible during flight

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American Pipit
Passeriformes
Motacillidae
Long thin bill
Buffy underparts during breeding (variable across the range).
Bold streaking during non-breeding
Short thin eyering with pale eyebrow
White outer-tail feathers
Bobs tail while walking along the ground

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American Pipit
Passeriformes
Motacillidae
Long thin bill
Buffy underparts during breeding (variable across the range).
Bold streaking during non-breeding
Short thin eyering with pale eyebrow
White outer-tail feathers
Bobs tail while walking along the ground

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House Finch
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Male
No red in wing coverts
Dark flank streaking
Curved culmen

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House Finch
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Female
Blank facial pattern
Blurrier underpart streaking

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Purple Finch
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Female
Bold facial pattern
Supercilum and malar stripe
Crisper breast streaks

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Purple Finch
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Male
Red in wing coverts
Minimal markings on flanks and belly
Straighter culmen

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Red Crossbill
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Both sexes have crossed bill
Big head, short tail, long wings

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Red Crossbill
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Both sexes have crossed bill
Big head, short tail, long wings

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Pine Siskin
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Tiny, sharp bill
Heavily streaked
Variable yellow in wings and tail

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Pine Siskin
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Tiny, sharp bill
Heavily streaked
Variable yellow in wings and tail

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Lesser Goldfinch
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Male
Full black cap
Olive back contrasts with yellow underparts
Extensive white markings on wings

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Lesser Goldfinch
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Female
Dark bill
Yellowish undertail
Duller olive overall

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American Goldfinch
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Male
Partial black cap
Bright yellow body
Mostly black wings

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American Goldfinch
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Female
Whitish undertail coverts
Brighter yellow, especially on face

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Evening Grosbreak
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Huge bill
Dark head with broad yellow supercilium

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Song Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerelidae
Coarse blurry streaks below
Variable plumage
Larger bill than most Passerellidae

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Song Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerelidae
Coarse blurry streaks below
Variable plumage
Larger bill than most Passerellidae

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Lincoln's Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
Crisper black streaking below than Song Sparrow
Black streaks confined to buffy breast band
Smaller bill than Song
streaking on chin

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Lincoln's Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
Crisper black streaking below than Song Sparrow
Black streaks confined to buffy breast band
Smaller bill than Song
streaking on chin

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Savannah Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
Small pink bill
Short tail
Often yellow at front of supercilium

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Savannah Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
Small pink bill
Short tail
Often yellow at front of supercilium

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Fox Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
“Sooty” subspecies
Dark overall, especially head
Heftier bill
Blobby chest streaks, often chevron-shaped

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Fox Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
“Sooty” subspecies
Dark overall, especially head
Heftier bill
Blobby chest streaks, often chevron-shaped

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Lapland Longspur
Passeriformes
Calcariidae
Highly terrestrial
Large size, long toes, very long primaries
Alternate male
Distinct chestnut, black, and cream head pattern
All other plumages
Flank streaks
Bold facial pattern
Chestnut in wing coverts

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Lapland Longspur
Passeriformes
Calcariidae
Highly terrestrial
Large size, long toes, very long primaries
Alternate male
Distinct chestnut, black, and cream head pattern
All other plumages
Flank streaks
Bold facial pattern
Chestnut in wing coverts

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Lapland Longspur
Passeriformes
Calcariidae
Highly terrestrial
Large size, long toes, very long primaries
Alternate male
Distinct chestnut, black, and cream head pattern
All other plumages
Flank streaks
Bold facial pattern
Chestnut in wing coverts

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White Crowned Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
White and black parallel stripes on crown and face

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White Crowned Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
Formative
Same head pattern, but tan and brown

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White-throated Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
White-striped and Tan-striped morphs
Similar head pattern to WCSP, but yellow in the supracilium
Bright white throat with black lower border

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White-throated Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
White-striped and Tan-striped morphs
Similar head pattern to WCSP, but yellow in the supracilium
Bright white throat with black lower border

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Golden crowned Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
Alternate
Upper half of head black
Gold crown stripe with white to the rear

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Golden crowned Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
Formative
Faint, diffuse head pattern
Some gold feathers in crown

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Dark eyed Junco
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
Dark hood
Pale bill
Reddish brown back
Tan flanks
Female more muted color

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Dark eyed Junco
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
Dark hood
Pale bill
Reddish brown back
Tan flanks
Female more muted color

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House Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passeridae
Larger billed than Passerellidae
Male
Black “bib”
Chestnut nape to eye with grayish crown

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House Sparrow
Passeriformes
Passeridae
House Sparrow female
Cream-colored supercilium
Plain face and breast

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California Towhee
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
Large and long-tailed
Plain plumage
Diffuse reddish wash on face and undertail coverts

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California Towhee
Passeriformes
Passerellidae
Large and long-tailed
Plain plumage
Diffuse reddish wash on face and undertail coverts

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Spotted Towhee
Passeriformes
Passerellidae

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Red Winged blackbird
Passeriformes
Icteridae
Males uniform black with orange-red lesser coverts; pale yellowish median coverts

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Red Winged blackbird
Passeriformes
Icteridae
Females have streaked breasts/flanks
Females have rufous tones on scapulars

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Brewer's Blackbird
Passeriformes
Icteridae
Straight bills
Males uniformly glossy iridescent black, with white eye

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Brewer's Blackbird
Passeriformes
Icteridae
straight bill
Females have drab brown edging of feathers, lighter throat, and dark eyes

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Brown headed cowbird
Passeriformes
Icteridae
Stout bills
Shorter tails
Males have brown head with black and green glossy body

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Brown headed cowbird
Passeriformes
Icteridae
Stout bills
Shorter tails
Females brown/gray usually with fine streaking on chest and flanks

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Brown headed cowbird

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Brewer's Blackbird

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Western Meadowlark
Passeriformes
Icteridae
Thin pointed bill
Yellow malar and belly
Dark breast band
Brown with dark barring on dorsal side of body (nape, back, wings, and tail)
No sexual dimorphism

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Western Meadowlark
Passeriformes
Icteridae
Thin pointed bill
Yellow malar and belly
Dark breast band
Brown with dark barring on dorsal side of body (nape, back, wings, and tail)
No sexual dimorphism

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Bullock's Oriole
Passeriformes
Icteridae
Males have orange face, breast, and belly, with black throat and eyeline.

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Bullock's Oriole
Passeriformes
Icteridae
Females have bright yellow sides of neck and auriculars, with grayish back and lighter gray flanks and belly.

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Bullock's Oriole
Passeriformes
Icteridae

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Yellow breasted chat
Passeriformes
Icteridae
White above lores and eyeing make spectacle pattern
Thick Icteriidae bill and large body size compared to the Parulidae warblers
Bright throat and breast contrast with brown back
Long fan like tail

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Orange-crowned warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Orange crown often not visible
Drab olive yellow overall
Pacific subspecies (lutescens) pictured is brighter yellow
Dark eyeline with contrasting lighter supercillium
Blurry streaking on underside
Yellow undertail coverts
Thin highly pointed bill

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Orange-crowned warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Orange crown often not visible
Drab olive yellow overall
Pacific subspecies (lutescens) pictured is brighter yellow
Dark eyeline with contrasting lighter supercillium
Blurry streaking on underside
Yellow undertail coverts
Thin highly pointed bill

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Wilson's Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Male has distinctive shiny black crown
Very small round body
Bright yellow overall
Comparatively long tail
Short bill

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Wilson's Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Olive crown in female
Greenish-yellow overall

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Yellow Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Thicker stouter bill
Yellow tail spots
Rufous streaking on the breast and belly of the male

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Yellow Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Female lacks rufous streaking
Thin yellow eyering
Stout bill
Yellow tail spots

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Common Yellowthroat
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Broad black mask across face of male
Bright yellow throat and undertail coverts
Pale grey-brown overall

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Common Yellowthroat
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Female lacks black mask
Drab overall
Throat and undertail coverts more yellow than breast and belly
Throat sharply contrasts with dark auricular

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MacGillivray's warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Adult male
Dark hood and upper chest
White eye arcs and black lores

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MacGillivray's warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Female
Same color scheme as male, just more washed out
Eye arcs and structure!

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Palm Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
“Western” or “Brown” subspecies
More terrestrial than most warblers
Constantly bobs long tail
Basic: drab with yellow undertail and pale supercilium
Alternate: Rufous cap and yellow throat

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Palm Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
“Western” or “Brown” subspecies
More terrestrial than most warblers
Constantly bobs long tail
Basic: drab with yellow undertail and pale supercilium
Alternate: Rufous cap and yellow throat

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Palm Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
“Western” or “Brown” subspecies
More terrestrial than most warblers
Constantly bobs long tail
Basic: drab with yellow undertail and pale supercilium
Alternate: Rufous cap and yellow throat

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Common Yellowthroat

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Macgillivray's Warbler

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Wilson's Warbler

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Yellow Warbler

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Yellow Rumped Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Plain head with relatively pale yellow (Audubon’s) or white throat (Myrtle)
Brownish wash overall
White supercilium in Myrtle
Yellow rump
Yellow patch on flank
2 white thin wing bars
Incomplete white eyering

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Yellow Rumped Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Plain head with relatively pale yellow (Audubon’s) or white throat (Myrtle)
Brownish wash overall
White supercilium in Myrtle
Yellow rump
Yellow patch on flank
2 white thin wing bars
Incomplete white eyering

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Yellow Rumped Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Slate wash overall
Bright yellow throat in AUWA and white supercilium in MYWA
Strong white wing bars particularly in AUWA
Yellow crown

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Yellow Rumped Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Slate wash overall
Bright yellow throat in AUWA and white supercilium in MYWA
Strong white wing bars particularly in AUWA
Yellow crown

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Yellow Rumped Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Drabber than male alternate plumage with less black in the center of the feathers
More slate wash than the female basic plumage

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Yellow Rumped Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Drabber than male alternate plumage with less black in the center of the feathers
More slate wash than the female basic plumage

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Black Throated gray warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Yellow lore, black crown, and black auricular
Black throat
2 white wing bars
Gray, black, and white overall

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Black Throated gray warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
female white throat
Yellow lore, black crown, and black auricular
Black throat
2 white wing bars
Gray, black, and white overall

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Townsend's Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Black crown, eyeline, and auriculars
yellow breast
Prominent streaks down the flanks
Green nape and back

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Townsend's Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
clearly defined dark olive auricular patch

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Hermit Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Clean yellow face and crown (M only)
Gray based nape and back
All whitish below
2 white wing bars

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Hermit Warbler
Passeriformes
Parulidae
Clean yellow face and crown (M only)
Gray based nape and back
All whitish below
2 white wing bars
Blurry olive crown and auriculars (F only)

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Ocotero
Passeriformes
Peucedramidae
Male
Orange head with black mask

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Ocotero
Passeriformes
Peucedramidae
female
Orange head with black mask
Female
Paler head pattern than male
Sometimes more yellow than orange

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Western Tanager
Passeriformes
Cardinalidae
Males bright orange face and head fading to yellow, extends down the breast and belly.

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Western Tanager
Passeriformes
Cardinalidae
Females olive/yellow drab with wing bars

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Western Tanager
Passeriformes
Cardinalidae
Females olive/yellow drab with wing bars

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Lazuli Bunting
Passeriformes
Cardinalidae
Males have shimmering blue head, back, and tail with orange beast.

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Lazuli Bunting
Passeriformes
Cardinalidae
Females mostly brown with buffy breast and double wing bar.

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Black Headed Grosbeak
Passeriformes
Cardinalidae
Males have black mask and crown with orange neck, breast, and belly. Black wings with white patches

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Black Headed Grosbeak
Passeriformes
Cardinalidae
Females have vivid supercilium, buffy breast with thin striping, brown back with dark streaks
Both sexes have very thick bills and bright yellow patches under the wing

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Blue gray Tanager
Passeriformes
Thraupidae
Males and females look alike
Blue plumage with lighter head
Regional variation East of the Andes, white-edged, shows white shoulder patch and wing bars while overall lighter plumage.

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Blue gray Tanager
Passeriformes
Thraupidae
Males and females look alike
Blue plumage with lighter head
Regional variation East of the Andes, white-edged, shows white shoulder patch and wing bars while overall lighter plumage.

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