Cochabamba Mountain Finch
Poospiza garleppi
Large and striking tanager of semi-humid scrubby habitat in hillsides and ravines in the high slopes of the eastern Cordillera of the Andes in central Bolivia. Told from Warbling Finches by entirely rufous underparts and rufous arc under eye.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Poospiza garleppi
- Authority
- (Berlepsch, 1893)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Poospiza
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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