Chestnut-breasted mountain finch
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Species: | P. caesar
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Poospiza caesar Sclater & Salvin, 1869
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The chestnut-breasted mountain finch (Poospiza caesar) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
Taxonomy
The species is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Poospizopsis.
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