Cochabamba Mountain-finch (Poospiza garleppi)

Other Names (World)
Cochabamba Mountain-Finch, Slate-and-rufous Warbling-finch, Cochabamba Mountain Finch

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Berlepsch, 1893)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 2,700 - 3,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia (B) (NB).

Cochabamba and adjacent northern Potos��, in central 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 400 - 4,000 (2011) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction, degradation and fragmentation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Thin 'tzeep' calls recorded.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Cochabamba Mountain Finch (Poospiza garleppi) [XC146829]
by Andrew Spencer from Middle Cerro Tunari, Cochabamba dept., Bolivia (call, song)

Cochabamba Mountain Finch (Poospiza garleppi) [XC62878]
by Andrew Spencer from Middle Cerro Tunari, Cochabamba dept., Bolivia (whisper song?)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus often subsumed in Poospiza, but recent molecular data indicate that it is sister to a clade formed by latter genus and the tanager (Thraupidae) genera Hemispingus and Thlypopsis. May form a superspecies with Tucuman Mountain-finch (Poospiza baeri), and has been considered conspecific.

Similar Species
Rusty-browed Warbling-Finch (Microspingus erythrophrys) which is brown above with white in wings and tail.

References
See References.

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