Plain-tailed warbling finch | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Microspingus |
Species: | M. alticola |
Binomial name | |
Microspingus alticola (Salvin, 1895) | |
Synonyms | |
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The plain-tailed warbling finch (Microspingus alticola) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Peru.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The plain-tailed warbling finch was described in 1895 by English ornithologist Osbert Salvin from a specimen collected by Oscar Theodor Baron near the town of Huamachuco in La Libertad, Peru. He originally described it in the genus Poospiza , but it was later moved to Microspingus. It is monotypic.
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