- and dull grey-brown
winter coloration, and
distinctive black and
white wingbar at all times. Its
breeding range stretches from
Iceland through Europe...
- (lighter than the
closely related indigo bunting), its con****uous
white wingbars, and its
light rusty breast and
white belly. The
color pattern may suggest...
- size to a dunlin, but stouter, with a
thick bill. It
shows a
strong white wingbar in flight, and runs
along the
sandy beaches it
prefers with a characteristic...
-
upperparts and olive-buff underparts. It has two
white wingbars and a
broken white eye ring. The
wingbar on the
greater secondary coverts (closer to the wing-tip)...
- and tail.
There is a
prominent white wingbar. The
female has a
browner tint to the
underparts and
lacks the
wingbar and tail streamers.
Young birds are...
- crossbill. The main
plumage distinction from the red
crossbill is the
white wingbars which give this
species its
English and
scientific names.
There are also...
-
juveniles can have a yellowish-buff wash on
their underparts and buff-toned
wingbars, for a
short period prior to
their autumn migration. The
ground colour...
-
usually have
black marks on the
flanks or
belly and show a
strong white wingbar in flight. The legs and
slightly decurved bill are black.
There are a number...
- skin,
chestnut brown plumage,
yellowish bill,
brownish orange iris,
white wingbars and
metallic blue neck feathers. The male has a long
greyish white, barred...
- back, and the
wingbars are wide, and
white (or
slightly lemon-tinged)
compared with
narrow dingy whitish (or lemon- or olive-washed)
wingbars of the other...
