Tucuman Mountain-finch (Poospiza baeri)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Oustalet, 1904)

Habitat
Dense scrub in semi-humid to semi-arid, steep-sided ravines, gullies and stream shores with mesophytic shrubs. Also, in adjacent grassy and rocky habitats. From 2,500 - 3,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Bolivia (B).

Extreme southern Bolivia (southern Tarija) and Andes of north-western Argentina from Jujuy, Salta, Tucum�n and Cajamarca south to north-eastern and western La Rioja.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2011) and decreasing.

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

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Simple, warbling song and inconspicuous, thin 'tzi�p' calls.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Tucuman Mountain Finch (Poospiza baeri) [XC32283]
by Niels Krabbe from Salta: Finca El Candado, Argentina (call, calls of adult with young)

Tucuman Mountain Finch (Poospiza baeri) [XC32285]
by Niels Krabbe from Salta: Finca El Candado, Argentina (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 Cochabamba Mountain-finch (Poospiza garleppi), and the two have been considered conspecific.

References
See References.

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