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Genus: Rhopospina (4 species)


Band-tailed Sierra Finch (Rhopospina alaudina) Range: SA: w, sw Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador
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Band-tailed Sierra Finch (Rhopospina alaudina) Male Range: SA: w, sw San Antonio de Pichincha, Pichincha province, Ecuador
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

A specialist of dry, sparsely vegetated areas (Athanas).


Blue Finch (Rhopospina caerulescens) Male Range: SA: ne Bolivia to e Brazil Altiplano Leste, Brasilia, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Blue Finch (Rhopospina caerulescens) Immature Range: SA: ne Bolivia to e Brazil Santana do Riacho, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.

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Carbonated Sierra Finch (Rhopospina carbonaria) Range: SA: Argentina


Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti) Male Range: SA: sw Colca Canyon, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti) Female Range: SA: sw Colca Canyon, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A bit larger than other Sierra Finches, and usually conspicuous. Note distinctive call.

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