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Photo by Jamfaraco
Itapiruba/Imbituba SC, Brazil, December 2004

Alternative name: Pampa Finch

Embernagra platensis

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• E. p. olivascens:

• South-eastern Bolivia to south-western Paraguay and north-western Argentina

• E. p. platensis:

• Eastern Paraguay to south-eastern Brazil, Uruguay and central Argentina

[edit] Habitat

Grasslands, marshes, damp fields with trees.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links