Plain-tailed Warbling Finch Microspingus alticola Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | xipiu de Cajamarca |
Dutch | Grijsstaartboomgors |
English | Plain-tailed Warbling Finch |
English (United States) | Plain-tailed Warbling Finch |
French | Tangara alticole |
French (France) | Tangara alticole |
German | Schwarzscheitel-Finkentangare |
Japanese | ミヤママユシトド |
Norwegian | brunsidespurv |
Polish | czywik szarosterny |
Russian | Серохвостая монтерита |
Slovak | stŕňa sivochvosté |
Spanish | Monterita de Cajamarca |
Spanish (Peru) | Monterita de Cola Simple |
Spanish (Spain) | Monterita de Cajamarca |
Swedish | marañónsångfink |
Turkish | Kahamarka İspinozu |
Ukrainian | Свертушка маранонська |
Microspingus alticola (Salvin, 1895)
Definitions
- MICROSPINGUS
- alticola / alticolus
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Introduction
Endemic to western Peru and currently treated as Endangered by BirdLife International, Plain-tailed Warbling Finch is largely gray and rufous, and has a long white supercilium and a white moustachial stripe. It is perhaps most liable to be confused with the larger Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch (Poospizopsis caesar), another Peruvian endemic, although these two species do not overlap geographically. Plain-tailed Warbling Finch is confined to montane scrub at elevations between 3100-4600 m, and primarily occurs in mixed Polylepis/Gynoxys woodlands, where singles and pairs often associate with mixed-species flocks. Plain-tailed Warbling Finch seems especially fond of ravines, but otherwise very little is known about its natural history.