East-central Brazil from south-eastern Pará, southern Maranhío and north-central Piauí, south to south-eastern Mato Grosso, north-western Sío Paulo and western Minas Gerais; recently found in extreme north-eastern Bolivia (northern Santa Cruz) and northern Argentina (Tafí del Valle, in Santiago del Estero).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
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.
Coal-crested Finch (Charitospiza eucosma) [XC66943]
by Jeremy Minns from JUAZEIRO-BA - FAZENDA LAJES, Brazil (?)
Coal-crested Finch (Charitospiza eucosma) [XC343535]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Apa do Rio S\u00e3o Bartolomeu, DF, 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.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet