Black-and-rufous warbling finch
Appearance
Black-and-rufous warbling finch | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Poospiza |
Species: | P. nigrorufa
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Binomial name | |
Poospiza nigrorufa (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
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Synonyms | |
Poospiza whitii Sclater, 1883 |
The black-and-rufous warbling finch (Poospiza nigrorufa) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
Further reading
- Jordan, E.A.; Areta, J.I.; Holzmann, I. (2017). "Mate recognition systems and species limits in a warbling-finch complex (Poospiza nigrorufa/whitii)". Emu. 117 (4): 344–358. doi:10.1080/01584197.2017.1360746.
- Jordan, E.A.; Areta, J.I. "Proposal (753): Treat Poospiza whitii as a separate species from P. nigrorufa". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. Retrieved 2 March 2018.