Rufous-sided Warbling-Finch (Poospizopsis hypocondria)

Other Scientific Names
Poospiza hypochondriaca [Stotz et al. (1996)], Poospiza hypochondria

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
13.50 - 16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 2,500 - 4,000 m, occasionally up to 4,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia.

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 (2)...)

Rufous-sided Warbling Finch (Poospizopsis hypocondria) [XC506322]
by Andrew Spencer from La Rioja: below Mina Mejicana, Argentina (song)

Rufous-sided Warbling Finch (Poospizopsis hypocondria) [XC773380]
by Niels Krabbe from Copina, Punilla, C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina (uncertain)

Subspecies
New molecular data indicate that genus forms a clade with the tanager (Thraupidae) genera Hemispingus and Thlypopsis, and that Compsospiza, which often subsumed within present genus, is sister to that clade. A different study suggests that this species is most closely related to Chestnut-breasted Mountain-finch (Poospizopsis caesar). Species name often misspelt "hypochondria".

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

hypocondria (d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837) - Andes of Bolivia from southern La Paz southern (including central Cochabamba, western Santa Cruz, western Chuquisaca and northern and eastern Potos��) to western Tarija.
affinis von Berlepsch, 1906 - North-western Argentina from Salta and Jujuy southern along eastern slope of Andes to southern San Juan and northern Mendoza. Also western C�rdoba in winter.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous-sided Warbling-Finch (Poospizopsis hypocondria) - 10 files

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