Rhopospina

Rhopospina is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in grassy areas in Central and South America.

Rhopospina
Mourning sierra finch (Rhopospina piranganus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Rhopospina Cabanis, 1851
Species
Rhopospina fruticeti Rhopospina caerulescens Rhopospina alaudina Rhopospina carbonaria

Taxonomy and species list

The genus contains four species:^[1]

Genus Rhopospina – Cabanis, 1851 – four species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Mourning sierra finch	Rhopospina fruticeti (Kittlitz, 1833) Three subspecies R. f. peruviana (Zimmer, JT, 1924) R. f. coracina (Sclater, PL, 1891) R. f. fruticeti (Kittlitz, 1833)	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Vagrant to the Falkland Islands and Brazil	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Blue finch	Rhopospina caerulescens (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1830)	Brazil and northeastern Bolivia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Band-tailed sierra finch	Rhopospina alaudina (Kittlitz, 1833)	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Carbonated sierra finch	Rhopospina carbonaria (Lafresnaye & d'Orbigny, 1837)	Argentina	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC