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Slaty Finch

Haplospiza rustica

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsForestSmall · 16 g
Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica), photo 1
Photo: Zihao Wang · CC BY 4.0
Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica), photo 2
Photo: Zihao Wang · CC BY 4.0
Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica), photo 3
Photo: Esteban Poveda · CC BY 4.0
Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica), photo 4
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0
Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica), photo 5
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0
Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica), photo 6
Photo: Nicolás Baresch Uribe · CC BY 4.0
Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica), photo 7
Photo: Nicolás Baresch Uribe · CC BY 4.0
Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica), photo 8
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica), photo 9
Photo: Bale & Danielsson; Bannwarth, Th.; Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company; Godman, Frederick Du Cane; Hanhart; Horman-Fisher, Maud; Knight, H.; Mintern Bros.; Purkiss, W.; Salvin, Osbert; Saunders, G. S.; Schlereth, M. v.; Sharp, M. A.; Taylor & Francis; Wilson, Edwin · Public domain
Slaty Finch (Haplospiza rustica), photo 10
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

What the Slaty Finch sounds like

Sonogram of the Slaty Finch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Andres Felipe Espinosa · Song, llamado · Herveo, Tolima, Colombia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Slaty Finch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: camp on Ventanilla-Christopher Parson trail, Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Slaty Finch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: camp on Ventanilla-Christopher Parson trail, Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Slaty Finch

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

Where to see the Slaty Finch

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 10 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru Costa Rica Panama Venezuela Bolivia Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua

Recorded as a rare visitor in El Salvador.

About the Slaty Finch

The slaty finch is a bird species in the family Thraupidae.

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

Easily confused with

Uniform Finch (Haplospiza unicolor) Uniform FinchHaplospiza unicolorThe uniform finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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