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Aleut RavenAt{am Sangis
Atkan Birds

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Gray-crowned Rosy Finch

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Leucosticte tephrocotis

Chaanu{ - Leucosticte tephrocotis

Chaanu{, sakucha{ amaku{, aku{ qalgaza}ula{ agacha. Chaanum hakangis chumnugim qaxchikdaa aku{ ama uluudam angalidigaa ila{taa angali{taza{. Chaanum kamgii ila{taa quuhmliix angali{taza{ ama hiiyukaa chumnugiza{.

Slum huzuu chaanus udang akus uku{azas. Slum aslaan saahmla}izas, iganas asxuunulax ulaaklus a}iilaqangis ilan saahmla}izas. Isxangis qiigas ilaan agu}izas. Hawakus chaanum chiidangis hagil iga{taqalil agudix anadix liidakus akus, kamgingis agatingis quuhmliigiza}ulas. Hawayangis akus kamalus ngaan asa{tanas azangis.

Chaanus iga{tal agudix inkam ilan higich{ina{ liida{ agu{tal aga{tazas.

Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
Leucosticte tephrocotis

The finch is a small bird which is not eaten. The feathers on a gray-crowned rosy finch are brownish, and also pinkish in color. The head is gray and the bill is yellow.

The finches are present here all year around. The finches nest during the summer on cliffs or old abandoned buildings. The finch nest is made of grass. As the young finches grow up they look like their mothers except that they do not have gray crowns. Aleuts call the young finches kamalus.

When the rosy finch flies it looks as though it is jumping up and down in the air.


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