Key Identification Features
- Lawrence's goldfinch is well known for its wandering habits.
- Adult males have a distinctive black cap, which females lack.
- Females are also similar in appearance to female hooded siskins, but Andean siskins have distinctive white undertail-coverts and more olive-green rather than gray overall body color.
- The twite's name comes from its very distinctive nasal 'twaa-it' call, and its song includes fast trills and twitters.
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