Great Inca Finch
Incaspiza pulchra(Sclater, PL, 1886)
English (US) Great Inca Finch
The Great Inca Finch (Incaspiza pulchra) 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: arid Andes of Peru (Ancash to southern Lima)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Incaspiza pulchra
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Inca Finch
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1886)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Haemophila pulchra
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1886)
- Type locality
- Matucana, upper Rio Rimac valley, ca. 8,000 ft., Lima, Peru.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.5, vol.4, no.15 p.259 pl.8
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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