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Revision as of 15:48, 24 September 2017

Photo by Fabio
Gramado, Brazil, August 2005
Poospiza cabanisi

Microspingus cabanisi

Identification

15 cm
Head and throat grey contrasting with reddish-brown back, strong white supercilium, cinnamon-rufous flanks, much less white in tail and wings than similar Buff-throated Warbling Finch.

Distribution

South America: found in Argentina, Brazil (south of Sao Paulo), Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Buff-throated Warbling Finch.

Habitat

Temperate montane forests, moist montanes, shrubland and backyards.

Behaviour

A quick and active bird.

Diet

Their diet consists of seeds and invertebrates.

Vocalisation

Calls and songs differ between the two subspecies.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)
  3. SACC proposal to split the two forms into two species
  4. BF member observations

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