asking......

[joemau]

my bc male has chestnut brown spots on it's side but i read that

bc males have black spots on their sides...do i have a bc split?

[Ameza]

Yes the black cheek males usually have black sides, not chestnut, like in here http://efinch.com/species/bczeb.htm

Does your male have a full black cheeks? He might be just split, but if you post a picture that would help a lot

[LeWi]

Salam

there are black cheek with brown flanks and there are black cheek with black ones.

so he could be a black cheek with brown flanks. nothing unusual.
teh bc with black flank is much attractive

[Ameza]

LeWi is the expert ;) I didn't know bc could have brown flanks, my bad

[joemau]

thanks Ameza

thanks Le Wi