Band-tailed sierra finch

The band-tailed sierra finch (Rhopospina alaudina) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae and is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

Band-tailed sierra finch
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Rhopospina
Species:	R. alaudina
Binomial name
Rhopospina alaudina (Kittlitz, 1833)
Range map of Band-tailed Sierra-finch
Synonyms
Fringilla alaudina von Kittlitz, 1833 Corydospiza alaudina Phrygilus alaudinus Porphyrospiza alaudina

Gallery

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  in Ecuador
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  von Kittlitz's illustration (1832)

Media related to Rhopospina alaudina at Wikimedia Commons