Mourning Sierra-Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Kittlitz, 1833)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. Also, temperate shrubland, dry shrubland, arable land. From sea-level - 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Vagrant to Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

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
Song is a simple series of 3 - 6 'tweet-nrrr-tweet-ehhh-uch-trr' notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (41)...)

Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti) [XC585130]
by Ignacio Escobar from San Jos\u00e9 de Maipo, Cordillera, Regi\u00f3n Metropolitana, Chile (song)

Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti) [XC462275]
by Niels Krabbe from Oruro Department, Atahuallpa, Oruro Department, Bolivia (song)

Subspecies
Molecular-genetic studies indicate that genus belongs in tanager family (Thraupidae). Appears to be sister to Carbon Sierra-Finch (Corydospiza carbonaria), and studies suggest that the two should be placed together in a separate genus, for which the name Rhopospina is available.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

peruvianus Zimmer, JT, 1924 - Peru (southern Cajamarca south to Puno) and western Bolivia (La Paz).
coracinus Sclater, PL, 1891 - Altiplano of south-western Bolivia (in Oruro and Potos��) and adjacent northern Chile in regions of Arica-Parinacota (Visviri) and Tarapac� (Isluga).
fruticeti (Kittlitz, 1833) - Chile from (Arica-Parinacota south to Magallanes) and western Argentina (Salta south to Santa Cruz), largely in foothills of Andes.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Mourning Sierra-Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti) - 10 files

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