Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch

Poospizopsis caesar

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicOmnivoreShrublandSmall · 51 g

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The chestnut-breasted mountain finch ranges from 17 to 18.5 centimetres (6.7 to 7.3 in) long, with its wings around 8 centimetres (3.1 in) long. Both sexes look similar, consisting of a gray upperpart with the lore and auricular feathers colored black. They are separated from the crown by a distinctly white supercilium. Its throat is colored white and the breast is colored rufous with the feathers with pale buff tips following a fresh plummage. The flanks are colored a gray-brown. The middle underside is colored white while the rear underside is colored rufous.

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When to see the Chestnut-breasted Mountain 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 Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch

The chestnut-breasted mountain finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

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