Red-faced Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza reichenovii)

Sex; Male. Age; immature. Udzungwa Mts, July 2007. Copyright@; Louis A. Hansen. Remark, while ringing birds; on female-like birds remember to open the bill and look for the dark spots in the back of the mount. I have seen some females where I was sure they were adults but turned out to be immatures, wherefore the sexing cannot entirely be done on plumage characters contra previous knowledge.

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