- Poospizopsis hypocondria
Poospiza hypochondria
Identification
13·5–16·5 cm (5¼-6½ in)
- Slightly down-turned wedge-shaped bill
- Brownish-gray upperparts
- Conspicuous white supercilium and throat
- Dark malar stripe
- Small white crescent under eyes
- Rufous sides
- Gray breast
- Buff underparts
Distribution
South America: found on the east slope of Andes in northwest Argentina and Bolivia.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized:[1]
- P.h. hypocondria:
- Andes of western Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)
- P.h. affinis:
- Andes of north-western Argentina (Jujuy to Mendoza)
Habitat
High altitude (above 2300m.) arid mountains, hillsides with shrubs.
Behaviour
They are hardly ever seen on the ground.
Diet
They forage in dense shrubbery.
Their main diet consists of insects with the addition of some vegetable matter.
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/
- Jaramillo, A. (2020). Rufous-sided Warbling-finch (Poospizopsis hypocondria). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/62062 on 12 March 2020).
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Rufous-sided Warbling Finch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-sided_Warbling_Finch
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