Yellow Thighed Finch

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, Chiriqui, May 2010

Bird name: Yellow Thighed Finch
Latin: Pselliophorus tibialis
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Family: Emberizidae • New World Sparrows, Brush Finches
Range: Costa Rica, western Panama
Similar: Yellow-Green Finch, Slaty Finch

The adult Yellow-thighed Finch is generally instantly recognisable with its yellow thigh pompom, black head and grey body, although the juvenile may have no yellow thigh. Also can be difficult to see in the rain.

These Yellow-thighed Finches came to eat seed in the mountains above Los Quezales.