Shaft Tail Finch – Poephila Acuticauda
Identifications:
The Shaft-tail has a silver-gray head with a rosy-brown body. A black eye mask extends from the beak to the eye and a unique black bib can be seen under the lower mandible reaching the upper breast. The rump is white with a black band above it. Central tail feathers are black while the beak is red. They have flesh-red colored legs. Both sexes look identical with only slight differences in body size, beak color and bib size. Males are normally bigger, have a wider bib and brighter beaks.
The song consists of a series of soft notes, some of which are flute-like, and ends in a long mournful note.
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