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The plain-tailed warbling finch is a small bird weighing 24-28g. It has a grey back, wings, and tail, a white breast and belly with tawny flanks and undertail covert, a rufous malar stripe, a white moustache and supercilium, variably yellow lores, and a black cheek and crown with a slaty cap.
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When to see the Plain-tailed Warbling Finch
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Plain-tailed Warbling Finch
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Plain-tailed Warbling Finch
The plain-tailed warbling finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Peru.
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Easily confused with
Three-striped HemispingusMicrospingus trifasciatusThe three-striped hemispingus is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Cinereous Warbling FinchMicrospingus cinereusThe cinereous warbling finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Rusty-browed Warbling FinchMicrospingus erythrophrysThe rusty-browed warbling finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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