Black-and-rufous warbling finch

The black-and-rufous warbling finch (Poospiza nigrorufa) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Black-and-rufous warbling finch
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Poospiza
Species:	P. nigrorufa
Binomial name
Poospiza nigrorufa (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

This species was formerly considered conspecific with the black-and-chestnut warbling finch (Poospiza whitii). The taxa were split based on molecular genetic and phenotypic data.[2][3][4]

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Poospiza nigrorufa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
2. Shultz, Allison J.; Burns, Kevin J. (2013). "Plumage evolution in relation to light environment in a novel clade of Neotropical tanagers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (1): 112–125. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.011.
3. Jordan, E.A.; Areta, J.I.; Holzmann, I. (2017). "Mate recognition systems and species limits in a warbling-finch complex (Poospiza nigrorufa/whitii)". Emu. 117 (4): 344–358. doi:10.1080/01584197.2017.1360746.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

Further reading

• Jordan, E.A.; Areta, J.I. "Proposal (753): Treat Poospiza whitii as a separate species from P. nigrorufa". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. Retrieved 2 March 2018.