Rhopospina fruticeti (Kittlitz, 1833) is a animal in the Thraupidae family, order Passeriformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Rhopospina fruticeti (Kittlitz, 1833)

Rhopospina fruticeti (Kittlitz, 1833)

Rhopospina fruticeti, the mourning sierra finch, is a South American tanager found across parts of the continent in shrubland habitats.

Family
Genus
Rhopospina
Order
Passeriformes
Class
Aves

About Rhopospina fruticeti (Kittlitz, 1833)

The mourning sierra finch has the scientific name Rhopospina fruticeti, originally described by Kittlitz in 1833. It is a species of South American bird that belongs to the tanager family Thraupidae. This species is regularly found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. It occurs as a vagrant in the Falkland Islands and Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Thraupidae Rhopospina

More from Thraupidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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