Cinereous Warbling-Finch (Microspingus cinereus)

Other Names (World)
Cinereous Warbling-Finch, Grey-and-white Warbling-finch (when treated as conspecific with P melanoleuca), Gray-and-white Warbling-finch, Cinereous Warbling Finch

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1851)

Habitat
Degraded areas, including burnt areas of campo rupestre, orchards, old pastures and abandoned mines. From 600 - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil (B).

Southern interior Brazil from central Mato Grosso east to southern Goi�s, Minas Gerais and northern S�o Paulo.

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

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status LC
Habitat destruction and degradation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
High-pitched and spirited warbles.

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Cinereous Warbling Finch (Microspingus cinereus) [XC707240]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Botumirim, Minas Gerais, Brazil (song)

Cinereous Warbling Finch (Microspingus cinereus) [XC707239]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Botumirim, Minas Gerais, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
No 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 this genus, is sister to that clade. Until recently this species was treated as conspecific with Black-capped Warbling-Finch (Microspingus melanoleucus).

Similar Species
White-banded Tanager (Neothraupis fasciata) has an obvious black mask and immatures are strongly tinged brown.

References
See References.

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