Black-throated Bunting
“Spiza americana. Black Throated Bunting. Above, grayish-brown, the middle of the back streaked with black, the hind neck ashy, becoming on the crown yellowish-olive with black touches. A yellow superciliary line, and maxillary touch of the same; eyelid white; ear-coverts ashy like the cervix; chin white; throat with a large jet-black patch. Under parts in general white, shaded with gray on the sides, extensively tinged with yellow on the breast and belly. Edge of wing yellow; lesser and middle coverts rich chestnut, other coverts and inner secondaries edged with paler. Bill dark horn-blue; feet brown.” Elliot Coues, 1884
Keywords
migratory birds, birds, ornithology, spiza americana, North American birds, omnivorous birds, ground forager, Black Throated Bunting, Dickcissel, Spiza townsendi, Townsend's DickcisselGalleries
Birds: A-BSource
Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)
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