Mourning sierra finch
| Mourning sierra finch | |
|---|---|
| Male mourning sierra finch | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Rhopospina Cabanis, 1851 |
| Species: | R. fruticeti |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhopospina fruticeti (Kittlitz, 1833) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Fringilla fruticeti (protonym) | |
The mourning sierra finch (Rhopospina fruticeti) is a species of South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. It is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands and Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.