Slender-billed Finch - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Jean Paul Perret
Cañete river, Lima, Peru, May 2011

Xenospingus concolor

Identification

15 cm

• Plumbeous upperparts
• Black lores
• Paler grey underparts
• Whitish belly
• Long tail
• Bright yellow bill and legs
  

Immature

• Olivaceous-brown upperparts
• Yellowish-buff underparts, streaked brown
• Two indistinct, buffy wing-bars
• Brownish bill

Distribution

South America: found from coastal western Peru (Lima) to Andes of northern Chile.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Low forests, riverine vegetation and olive groves.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects, seeds or fruit.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. BirdLife International

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Slender-billed Finch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Slender-billed_Finch

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