Coal-crested Finch - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo © by Dave B Smith
Parque Nacional das Emas, MS, Brazil, September 2018

Charitospiza eucosma

Identification

Male
Photo © by Luiz
Emas National Park, Goias, Brazil, November 2014

11.5 cm
Male

• Silver-grey back
• Black wings and tail
• Pale wing coverts
• Long spiny crest
• Black crown
• White cheeks and ear-coverts
• Black face, throat, mid breast and centre of belly
• Orange-buff belly and flanks
  

Female paler

• Brown tinged upperparts
• Shorter brown crest
• Grey face
• Dull cinnamon buff eyebrow and underparts.

Distribution

South America: found in the campos of north-eastern Bolivia to north-eastern and central Brazil and north-eastern Argentina.

Taxonomy

Female
Photo © by Xyko Paludo
Mateiros, TO, Brazil, January 2019

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Scrubby lowlands and savanna to 1,200m.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes seeds.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. BirdLife International

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Coal-crested Finch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Coal-crested_Finch

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