A stout songbird with a short, thick-based, finely pointed bill and moderately long wings and tail.
Relative Size
Slightly larger than an Eastern Bluebird, smaller than a Red-winged Blackbird.


Measurements
- Both Sexes
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A stout songbird with a short, thick-based, finely pointed bill and moderately long wings and tail.
Slightly larger than an Eastern Bluebird, smaller than a Red-winged Blackbird.
Ornithologists recognize at least seven subspecies in the Caribbean and South America, all rather similar to one another. Only the smallest subspecies, minimus, is known in the United States.
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