Rhopospina is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in grassy areas in Central and South America.
Taxonomy and species list
The genus contains four species:
Genus Rhopospina – Cabanis, 1851 – four species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Mourning sierra finch
Rhopospina fruticeti (Kittlitz, 1833)
Three subspecies
R. f. peruviana (Zimmer, JT, 1924)
R. f. coracina (Sclater, PL, 1891)
R. f. fruticeti (Kittlitz, 1833)
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Vagrant to the Falkland Islands and Brazil
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LC
Blue finch
Rhopospina caerulescens (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1830)
Brazil and northeastern Bolivia
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NT
Band-tailed sierra finch
Rhopospina alaudina (Kittlitz, 1833)
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru
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LC
Carbonated sierra finch
Rhopospina carbonaria (Lafresnaye & d'Orbigny, 1837)
Argentina
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