Mourning sierra finch

Mourning sierra finch
Male Mourning Sierra-finch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Phrygilus
Species: P. fruticeti
Binomial name
Phrygilus fruticeti
(Kittlitz, 1833)

The mourning sierra finch (Phrygilus fruticeti) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. It is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands and Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

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