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Length: 14 - 15 cm (6 inches) Falklands 'Sparrow'. Male and female are very different, female is a drab plain buff with an under -tinge of yellow and streaked with brown, blending perfectly with the ground, while the male has a distinct black bib and mask, a blueish head and yellow underparts. They feeds on seeds and berries of various plants including diddle-dee. </p> <p align="justify">In the Falklands Black-throated finches are widespread, in coastal and inland areas. The don't inhabit dense tussac but are found on heathland, open grasslands, beach greens and sand grass dunes.</p> <p align="justify"><em> M. m. melanodera</em> is restricted to the Falkland Islands, but the race<em> M.m. princetoniana</em> is found in Chile and Argentina and the Magellanic Islands. </p> <p> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><div id="p7MBXtmb_2" class="mbx-thumbs"> <ul> <li><a href="images/Page structure/Bird images/Birds Enlarged/black-throated-finch-david-osborn.jpg" class="p7mbx-trigger" data-mbx="2" data-mbx-slide="1"><img src="images/Page structure/Bird images/black-throated-finch-david-osborn.jpg" width="200" height="145" alt="black-throated-finch-david-osborn" /></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="p7MBX_2" class="p7MBX-01 p7MBX p7MBXnoscript transparency light"> <ul id="p7MBXlist_2" class="p7mbx-list"> <li><a href="images/Page structure/Bird images/Birds Enlarged/black-throated-finch-david-osborn.jpg" class="mbx-image" title="" data-mbx-mode="fit">black-throated-finch-david-osborn</a></li> </ul> <script type="text/javascript">P7_MBXop('p7MBX_2',1,600,1,0,8,0,0,1,0,100,0,2,0,1,0,0,1);</script> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><div id="p7MBXtmb_3" class="mbx-thumbs"> <ul> <li><a href="images/Page structure/Bird images/Birds Enlarged/black-chinned-Stubblefield-Photography.jpg" class="p7mbx-trigger" data-mbx="3" data-mbx-slide="1"><img src="images/Page structure/Bird images/black-chinned-Stubblefield-Photography.jpg" width="200" height="141" alt="black-chinned-Stubblefield-Photography" /></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="p7MBX_3" class="p7MBX-01 p7MBX p7MBXnoscript transparency light"> <ul id="p7MBXlist_3" class="p7mbx-list"> <li><a href="images/Page structure/Bird images/Birds Enlarged/black-chinned-Stubblefield-Photography.jpg" class="mbx-image" title="" data-mbx-mode="fit">black-chinned-Stubblefield-Photography</a></li> </ul> <script type="text/javascript">P7_MBXop('p7MBX_3',1,600,1,0,8,0,0,1,0,100,0,2,0,1,0,0,1);</script> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="125" colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><h5> </h5> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <hr /> <h5 align="justify"><em>Sources include:</em> <em>Falkland Islands State of the Environment Report 2008</em> Otley H, Munro G, Clausen A, Ingham B. <em>A Field Guide to the Wildlife of The Falkland Islands and South Georgia - </em>Ian J Strange,<em> Guide to Birds of the Falkland Islands- </em>Robin W. 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