Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

WoodlandTiny · 12 g

Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), photo 1 — Photo: William Matthew Hart (artist), Philip Lutley Sclater (text) · Public domain

Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), photo 2 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Janne Teivonen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Kathy Richardson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), photo 6 — Photo: (c) tomas_kay, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), photo 7 — Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), photo 8 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Dan Vickers, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) John G. Phillips, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Crimson-breasted Finch sounds like

Sonogram of the Crimson-breasted Finch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Guayas: 3 km E Pacoa Beach, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Guayas: 3 km E Pacoa Beach, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Guayas: 3 km E Pacoa Beach, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The crimson-breasted finch is a small finch, 11 cm long and weighing 11.6 g on average. It has a short-tailed appearance and a long, slender, relatively straight bill. The male's head is blackish, and it has a bright red coronal patch. Its upperparts, wings, and tail are blackish, while the throat is red, intensifying to crimson on the breast and fading to a less intense red on the lower breast and belly. The vent and undertail-coverts are often whitish with a pink wash. Fresh plumage exhibits olive feather tips on the back, nape, and occasionally the face.

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When to see the Crimson-breasted Finch

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Crimson-breasted Finch

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Peru Colombia

About the Crimson-breasted Finch

The crimson-breasted finch, is a species of small finch-like bird native to woodland and scrub of western Ecuador and adjacent north-western Peru. It is the only member of the genus Rhodospingus. It has traditionally been placed in the family Emberizidae, but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that it belongs to the tanager family Thraupidae. It is strongly sexually dichromatic, with males being blackish above and rich orange-red below and on the crown, while females are overall dull greyish-buff.

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Easily confused with

Turquoise DacnisDacnis hartlaubiThe turquoise dacnis is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Nicaraguan Seed FinchSporophila nuttingiThe Nicaraguan seed finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Fulvous Shrike-TanagerLanio fulvusThe fulvous shrike-tanager is a South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.

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