What kind of finch is this?

[David in Miyazaki]

Saw this bird last week. The yellow tail and the dark eye mask do not fit with the green finches which are common around here. Any suggestions. I am trying to up load some photos to my album so hopefully a few different angles will help. Sorry about the quality of the photos, the sun was not in a good position.

http://surfbirds.com/albums/showphoto.php?photo=6060&limit=recent

[Mark Andrews]

David,

Although I'm struggling to see the image clearly, it looks like a female Crossbill from the pic posted, must be a migrant as the habitat is wrong.
:smile:Mark

[David in Miyazaki]

I am trying to upload a few more different angles on it, but am having problems with the upload to my album. Any suggestions. In the meantime a link to flickr where I have put four more photos of the bird.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10394300@N05/?saved=1

[AndyB]

Oriental Greenfinch?

[David in Miyazaki]

It could be a young Oriental Greenfinch.

[Mark Andrews]

I can see it properly now! Andy's right, it is indeed an oriental Greenfinch, albeit a little pale. Your original image had me slightly bothered, when I grabbed the pic and enlarged, the bill looked like it overlapped at the tip, my bugbear with it being a Crossbill is it 'overlapped' the wrong way round!
Some very nice shots on your album by the way, keep up the good work!