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 LC    Yellow-bridled Finch* Id (Atlas):
    Melanodera xanthogramma

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Yellow-bridled Finch, Andean Yellow-bridled Finch (barrosi)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
14 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould & G. R. Gray, in Gould, 1839)

Habitat
Southern temperate grasslands, pastures, agricultural land and puna grassland. From sea-level - 3,300 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina (B), Chile (B).

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 (32)...)

 
Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma) [XC30859]
     by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, Glaciar Martial, Argentina (song)

 
Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma) [XC50976]
     by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from PN Nahuel Huapi, Cerro Tronador, Rio Negro, Argentina (song)

Subspecies
Type description includes Falkland Is, possibly indicating misidentified immature of White-bridled Finch (Melanodera melanodera), but this considered unlikely, as morphological and ecological differences between the two species in Falklands already well described at the time. There are no recent records from Falklands, where presumably now extirpated. Likely that genus belongs within tanager family (Thraupidae), but molecular data needed to support this assertion. Some morphological and plumage features suggest relationship with Rowettia. Subspecies well differentiated both in coloration and in size, and further work may suggest that they are better treated as two separate species. Shows a peculiar polymorphism, some birds being extensively washed green above and yellow below, others not. Distribution and significance of this "green morph" not well understood.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • barrosi Chapman, 1923   -  Andes of central and southern Chile (Atacama south to Magallanes north of Strait of Magellan) and west-central and south-western Argentina (Mendoza south to Santa Cruz).
  • xanthogramma (Gould & G. R. Gray, in Gould, 1839)   -  Tierra del Fuego (extreme southern Chile and southern Argentina).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Yellow-bridled Finch (Melanodera xanthogramma) - 10 files


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