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Thick-billed Siskin
Spinus crassirostris (Landbeck, 1877)
Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
Thick-billed Siskin, Spinus crassirostris, is a finch of South America, recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. It belongs to the family Fringillidae and was first described by Landbeck in 1877. The species is marked by its notably heavy bill and is one of the larger members of Spinus. It occupies Polylepis woodland and scrub, along with brushy slopes and areas with stunted trees, at high elevations. Its range is split into separate parts, with one form in the north and the nominate form farther south.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
- Breeding range
- South America: s
