Pin-tailed Parrot-Finch

Pin-tailed Parrot-FinchMales draw the eye with a green back, blue face, and red rump and tail. The species usually moves in small flocks, which can gather into larger groups when rice seeds ripen.What does it look like?Adult males have a deep blue face and throat, a green back, and a red rump and tail with elongated central tail feathers. Females are mostly dull green and buff, with a shorter but pointed tail.How does it live?Males draw the eye with a green back, blue face, and red rump and tail. The species usually moves in small flocks, which can gather into larger groups when rice seeds ripen.It uses bamboo and forest edges, often near rice fields, and eats seeds from rice, bamboo, and grasses. Small flocks can gather into large groups when rice seeds ripen.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.