Many-colored Chaco finch
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| Many-colored Chaco finch at Capivara, Santa Fe Province, Argentina | |
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| Genus: | Saltatricula Burmeister, 1861
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| Species: | S. multicolor
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| Saltatricula multicolor (Burmeister, 1860)
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The many-colored Chaco finch (Saltatricula multicolor) is a songbird found in or near dry woodland in south-central South America in Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. It was formerly considered a member of Emberizidae, but genetic evidence suggests it is a finch-like tanager, although the family taxonomy has not entirely been worked out. It is monotypic within the genus Saltatricula.
References
- Klicka, J.; Burns, K.; & Spellman, G. M. (2007). Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(3): 1014-1032.
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