Coal-crested Finch (Charitospiza eucosma)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
11.50 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Oberholser, 1905

Habitat
'Cerrado' and 'caatinga' habitats. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Bolivia (B), Brazil (B).

East-central Brazil from south-eastern Par�, southern Maranh�o and north-central Piau��, south to south-eastern Mato Grosso, north-western S�o Paulo and western Minas Gerais; recently found in extreme north-eastern Bolivia (northern Santa Cruz) and northern Argentina (Taf�� del Valle, in Santiago del Estero).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through conversion to agriculture for Eucalyptus plantations, soybeans and pastures for exportable crops, and trapping for the cage-bird trade, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song is a modest 3-syllabled phrase. Inconspicuous thin 'tzip-tzip' call.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

Coal-crested Finch (Charitospiza eucosma) [XC722078]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Goi\u00e1s, Ch\u00e1cara Jayrson, Brazil (call)

Coal-crested Finch (Charitospiza eucosma) [XC63172]
by Pedro Diniz from Alto Para\u00edso de Goi\u00e1s, GO, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Originally named Fringilla ornata, but that name invalid, as preoccupied. Probably belongs in tanager family (Thraupidae), and thought likely to belong in the group that includes Diuca, Lophospingus, Paroaria cardinals and a few others.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Coal-crested Finch (Charitospiza eucosma) - 10 files

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