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anyone of this forum have Black-throated Finch/parson finch?plz post some (male and female )pics and and about them?thanks

can anyone explain this parson finch is male or female?to tell me that the parson finch is female.is it?

I can't tell you the sex, but he/ she is very pretty.

Both sexes of this species are virtually identical. There are subtle cues one can use to identify the sexes, but this really only possible when one has a group of birds to compare with one-another. A single bird is generally impossible to sex either in the flesh or from a photo.

I notice your bird appears to have a pale base to the lower mandible (beak) generally adults should have an all black beak, so this may be a young bird which has not yet attained full adult colour, or more worryingly, it may be a hybrid between the Black Throated and Long-tailed (AKA Shaft-tailed) species. If the latter, it would be advisable not to breed from this bird.