Barbados bullfinch

Description:

The Barbados bullfinch is a small bird, 14–15 cm. The upperparts are a dark olive-grey, the wings are mostly brown, underparts are greyish, while the under tail-coverts are tawny. The species is not sexually dimorphic, with females and males having similar plumage.

Habitat:

Hotel near the beach and shrubbery. This young bird had learnt to be a very good scrounger.

Notes:

The Barbados bullfinch was previously considered a subspecies of the Lesser Antillean bullfinch, which is found on neighbouring islands. Despite the misleading nature of its name, the Barbados bullfinch is not a bullfinch at all but a seedeater. The bird is known locally as a Sparrow or Sparky.