with outer tail feathers almost entirely white (tail from below looks white). The bill is thin and pale gray. Breeding male: blue-gray above, including most of head and back. Crown has a black ...

A chaffinch's song lasts about three seconds and is repeated; it starts with buzzing notes, slows, descends into a jumble, ...

Larger, with a longer tail than a rock pigeon; blue-gray on the upper parts with contrasting ... Migration and winter: most birds breeding in the Southwest winter in Mexico, and most breeding ...