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Photo by BirdsPeru
Lima, Peru, December 2006

Carduelis atrata

[edit] Identification

12-13cm

• Mainly black plumage
• Yellow belly and undertail coverts
• Yellow edging to the tail
• Large yellow wing patch

[edit] Distribution

Andes of central Peru to northern Chile and Argentina

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

High-altitude shrubland and high-altitude grassland at heights from 3,000 and 5,000 m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia
3. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds