Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus gayi)

Other Names (World)
Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch, Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch, Southern Hooded Sierra-finch, Grey-hooded Sierra Finch

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
14 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gervais, 1834)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. Also, temperate shrubland, dry shrubland. From 1,500 - 3,500 m, occasionally up to 3,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Chile.

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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (46)...)

Grey-hooded Sierra Finch (Phrygilus gayi) [XC411748]
by Bobby Wilcox from Estacion Biologica Juan Mazar Barnett, Lago Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz, Argentina (song)

Grey-hooded Sierra Finch (Phrygilus gayi) [XC36146]
by Fabrice Schmitt from Choapa estuary, Chile (song)

Subspecies
Molecular-genetic studies indicate that genus belongs in tanager family (Thraupidae). May form a superspecies with Black-hooded Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus atriceps), Peruvian Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus punensis) and Patagonian Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus patagonicus) (the "hooded" group), and molecular data suggest that this group may be closely related to Sicalis. Has been considered conspecific with Black-hooded Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus atriceps), but the two rarely hybridize in area of north-central Chile (between Atacama and Coquimbo) where they are sympatric (only one hybrid specimen known, from Guat��n, in Antofagasta). Sometimes thought conspecific with Peruvian Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus punensis), which it resembles in appearance. Range overlaps with that of Patagonian Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus patagonicus) in various sites in Andes and north-western Tierra del Fuego. Some evidence of hybridization in latter, but the two species generally remain separate, and occupy different habitats. Small coastal subspecies minor exhibits some plumage features intermediate between present species and Patagonian Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus patagonicus), and may be better included in latter on basis of its preference for forest or forest-edge habitat. Nominate subspecies in extreme north of range has particularly large bill, suggesting clinal variation in bill size.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

gayi (Gervais, 1834) - Northern and central Chile from Antofagasta south to �uble.
minor Philippi Ba�ados & Goodall, 1957 - Coastal range in north-central Chile from Atacama south to Valpara��so.
caniceps Burmeister, 1860 - Western Argentina (southern from western Salta) and southern Chile (southern from Aysen) south to Tierra del Fuego.

References
See References.

Files:

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