Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2025-24
| Common name: |
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch |
| Scientific name: | Leucosticte australis |
| Date: | April 22,2025 |
| Time: | 11:09 |
| Length of time observed: | 1 minute |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | NA |
| Sex: | NA |
| Location: | Alta Town Office Feeder |
| County: | Salt Lake |
| Latilong: | 40 35 25.8N -111 38 14.2W |
| Elevation: | NA |
| Distance to bird: | 20 feet |
| Optical equipment: | 10x42 bino |
| Weather: | clear |
| Light Conditions: | sunny |
| Description: Size of bird: | same as the BLRF and GCRF |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | same as above |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | Rusty brown |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | sparrow like |
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(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Very similar to the gray-crowned rosy finches except the head. Where the GCRF has prominent gray patch above and behind the eye this bird has a very faint grayish brown patch in the same location. on this bird the patch was smaller and faded gradually to the black crown and the brown at the back of the head. The patch is so faint the it is almost not noticeable, being almost the same color as the rest of the head. According Sibley Second Edition A first winter GCRF though faint shows much more gray on head than this bird. |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | NA |
| Behavior: | Flying from Aspen trees (where sited) to feeders |
| Habitat: | Open forest and buildings |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Covered in Description above. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
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| References consulted: | |
| Description from: | From memory |
| Observer: | Neldon Kunz |
| Observer's address: | 3980 s Cowan way, West Valley, Utah |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | |
| Date prepared: | 5/14 2025 |
| Additional material: | |
| Additional comments: |