Plain-tailed warbling finch

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Plain-tailed warbling finch
Microspingus alticola - Plain-tailed Warbling-finch, Cajamarca, Peru (cropped).jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Microspingus
Species:
M. alticola
Binomial name
Microspingus alticola
(Salvin, 1895)
Microspingus alticola map.svg
Synonyms
  • Poospiza alticola

The plain-tailed warbling finch (Microspingus alticola) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Peru.

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Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy

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.

Description

The Plain-tailed warbling finch is a small bird weight 24-28g. It has a grey back, wings and tail, a white breast and belly with tawny flanks and undertail covert, with a rufous malar stripe, a white moustache and supercilium, variably yellow lores, and a black cheek and crown with a slaty cap.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Microspingus alticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22723224A94808663. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723224A94808663.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.