Birds of the World

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Genus: Oreothraupis (1 species)


Tanager Finch
Tanager Finch (Oreothraupis arremonops)
Range: SA: w Colombia and nw Ecuador
El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
A large, stocky bird, now considered a giant sparrow. Rare and local along mossy branches around 2500m on the western Andean slope.

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