Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
Leucosticte tephrocotis umbrina

f4 @ 1/500s, ISO:1000, Nikon D3S w 500mm

"Gray-crowned Rosy Finch," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The gray-crowned rosy finch has a wide range and large numbers throughout Alaska, and western Canada and the United States. L. t. griseonucha permanently resides in the Aleutian Islands and umbrina on the Pribilof Islands. The Pribilof and Aleutian subspecies have a length of 170 to 210 mm (6.7–8.3 in) and weight of 42 to 60 g (1.5–2.1 oz), twice the size of the other subspecies.

St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska

06/22/2016