Long-tailed Finch

It has a prominent roundish black bib on its throat and upper chest and a long pointed black tail. It has pinkish brown upperparts with paler plumage below its bib over the lower breast and abdomen. It has a grey head, a white ear-patch, and black lores. It has black patches on its upper flanks and its rump and undertail coverts are white. The beak colour of the adult long-tailed finch varies from red through orange to yellow. The nominate subspecies with orange or yellow beaks is sometimes called the long-tailed grass finch. Males and females are similar, except the females may be slightly duller and may have a slightly smaller bib.