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.