Mourning Sierra-Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Kittlitz, 1833)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. Also, temperate shrubland, dry shrubland, arable land. From sea-level - 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Vagrant to Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song is a simple series of 3 - 6 'tweet-nrrr-tweet-ehhh-uch-trr' notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (41)...)

Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti) [XC585130]
by Ignacio Escobar from San Jos\u00e9 de Maipo, Cordillera, Regi\u00f3n Metropolitana, Chile (song)

Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti) [XC450049]
by Niels Krabbe from Sierra Baguales, XII Regi\u00f2n, Chile (song)

Subspecies
Molecular-genetic studies indicate that genus belongs in tanager family (Thraupidae). Appears to be sister to Carbon Sierra-Finch (Corydospiza carbonaria), and studies suggest that the two should be placed together in a separate genus, for which the name Rhopospina is available.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

peruvianus Zimmer, JT, 1924 - Peru (southern Cajamarca south to Puno) and western Bolivia (La Paz).
coracinus Sclater, PL, 1891 - Altiplano of south-western Bolivia (in Oruro and Potos��) and adjacent northern Chile in regions of Arica-Parinacota (Visviri) and Tarapac� (Isluga).
fruticeti (Kittlitz, 1833) - Chile from (Arica-Parinacota south to Magallanes) and western Argentina (Salta south to Santa Cruz), largely in foothills of Andes.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Mourning Sierra-Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti) - 10 files

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