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Band-tailed Sierra Finch
Rhopospina alaudina (Kittlitz, 1833)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Band-tailed Sierra Finch, Rhopospina alaudina, breeds in western and south-western South America, with records from Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. It is a tanager in the family Thraupidae. The bird has a long tail and a long pointed bill, and the sexes differ. Adult males show a grey head and breast with a mostly lead-grey upper body, while females are browner and more heavily streaked. Its range is patchy, and it uses open country from dry montane scrub to semi-desert and rocky grassy slopes.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: w, sw
