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This cheeky little species is common and often incredibly tame, frequently seen perching a few feet away in open-fronted restaurants and bars in the hope that a meal is forthcoming! | This cheeky little species is common and often incredibly tame, frequently seen perching a few feet away in open-fronted restaurants and bars in the hope that a meal is forthcoming! | ||
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Revision as of 01:51, 21 May 2007
- Loxigilla noctis
Description
This photograph is of a male showing the overall black to slate-gray color, interrupted by rufous on the throat, just in front of eye, and in most races on undertail coverts. The female is a sandy gray-brown with rufous coloring to the wings and tail and greyish underparts. The head of the female is the same color as the mantle. Legs in both sexes are greyish to black, not pink.
Identification
In St. Lucia, the St. Lucia Black Finch is a species that could be mistaken for Lesser Antillean Bullfinch, however, the black finch has pink legs (more prominent in the male), a heavier beak, has a habit of bobbing its tail up and down, and are more often found low in dense vegetation. The male is entirely without rufous, while the female has gray on its head in contrast to brown back.
Distribution and Taxonomy
Used to be endemic to the Lesser Antilles but has now spread to the US Virgin Islands (part of the Puerto Rico bank and is a vagrant to Puerto Rico. Is absent from The Grenadines but present on Grenada. Is divided into eigth subspecies. The related Barbados Bullfinch was recently split from the Lesser Antillean Bullfinch.
Behavior
This cheeky little species is common and often incredibly tame, frequently seen perching a few feet away in open-fronted restaurants and bars in the hope that a meal is forthcoming!
