Red-backed Sierra Finch
Idiopsar dorsalis(Cabanis, JL, 1883)
English (US) Red-backed Sierra Finch
The Red-backed Sierra Finch (Idiopsar dorsalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Andes of southwestern Bolivia to northern Chile and northwestern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Idiopsar dorsalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-backed Sierra Finch
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1883)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Phrygilus dorsalis
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1883)
- Type locality
- Cerro Vayo [= Bayo] , near snow-line, Tucuman, Argentina.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 31, no.161 p.109
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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