Black-crested Finch
Lophospingus pusillus(Burmeister, KHK, 1860)
English (US) Black-crested Finch
The Black-crested Finch (Lophospingus pusillus) 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: Chaco of southeastern Bolivia to western Paraguay and northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lophospingus pusillus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-crested Finch
- Described by
- (Burmeister, KHK, 1860)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Gubernatrix pusilla
- Described by
- (Burmeister, KHK, 1860)
- Type locality
- Tucuman, Argentina.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 8, no.46 p.254
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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