Alternative name: Little Inca-Finch
- Incaspiza watkinsi
Identification
13 cm (5 in). A small finch with a longish tail and with a slim, pointed bill.
- Grey head and nape
- Blackish lores and around base of bill, narrow connection to black chin
- Brownish upperparts, obscurely streaked
- Brownish-grey lower back and uppertail-coverts
- Black tail with white outer edges
- Grey upperwing with browner-edged tertials and browner edges on inner greater coverts
- Grey throat, breast and flanks, lower flanks with browner wash
- Off-white belly and vent
- Bright yellow bill
Females are similar but have a browner crown and a bill with a dusky culmen.
Distribution
Endemic to the lower portion of Marañón Valley in northwest Peru.
Fairly common in its small range.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Lowland desert shrubland with ground bromeliads.
Occurs from 390 to 900 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Forages on the ground, singly or in pairs.
No other information.
Breeding
No information.
Movements
A sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2011. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553781
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Little Inca Finch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Little_Inca_Finch
