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Alternative name: Crimson Finch-Tanager

Photo by mmdnje
Cerro Blanco-Guayaquil, Ecuador, December 2005
Rhodospingus cruentus

Identification

Distribution

South America: found in western Ecuador and extreme north-western Peru.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Arid scrub and forests.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Oiseaux.net

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