Long-tailed finch length. 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 subspecies with red beaks is sometimes called Heck's grass finch "Poephila acuticauda hecki", and the nominate subspecies with orange or
White-bridled finch seeds, especially those of grasses. The nest is built of grass and lined with hair or feathers. It is placed low down in grass or between stones. Three or four eggs are laid, these are blue-grey or grey-green with purple-brown markings towards the larger end. White-bridled finch The white-bridled finch ("Melanodera melanodera"), also known as the canary-winged finch or black-throated finch, is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus "Melanodera" together with the yellow-bridled finch ("M. xanthogramma"). Formerly placed in the family Emberizidae, it is now considered a tanager. It is found in grassland in southernmost South America. There