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Ash-breasted Sierra Finch

Geospizopsis plebejus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsShrublandCup nestTiny · 15 g
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus), photo 1
Photo: Ezequiel Vera · CC BY 4.0
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus), photo 2
Photo: Gabriel Reinoso Franchino · CC BY 4.0
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus), photo 3
Photo: Allan Harris · CC0
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus), photo 4
Photo: Charlie O'Brien · CC0
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus), photo 5
Photo: Charlie O'Brien · CC0
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus), photo 6
Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus), photo 7
Photo: Jan Ebr · CC BY 4.0
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus), photo 8
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus), photo 9
Photo: Claude Kolwelter · CC BY 4.0
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus), photo 10
Photo: Tomás Tamagno · CC BY 4.0

What the Ash-breasted Sierra Finch sounds like

Sonogram of the Ash-breasted Sierra Finch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Belén y Diego · Uncertain · Valle Colorado, Valle Grande, Jujuy, Argentina · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Ash-breasted Sierra Finch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · El Oro: El Cubo, Arenillas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Ash-breasted Sierra Finch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: La Buena Esperanza, Tumbaco, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

A small sierra-finch with a short tail, measuring 11–11.5 cm (4.3–4.5 in) in length and weighing 13–17.4 g (0.46–0.61 oz).

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Ash-breasted Sierra Finch

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ash-breasted Sierra Finch

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Argentina Ecuador Chile Bolivia

About the Ash-breasted Sierra Finch

The ash-breasted sierra finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Plumbeous Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis unicolor) Plumbeous Sierra FinchGeospizopsis unicolorThe plumbeous sierra finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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