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Unidentified bird at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, July 2010

Can anyone put a name to this species? The flash of colour on the head is confusing me.

Unidentified bird at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, July 2010
robmv, 17 Jul 2010
    • robmv
      Can anyone put a name to this species? The flash of colour on the head is confusing me.
      17 Jul 2010
    • Benzoo
      It's a Crimson or Purple-crowned Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus). A beautiful and rare bird of the Emberizidae family from nw Peru and Ecuador.
      18 Jul 2010
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    • robmv
      Good spot!
      18 Jul 2010
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