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Compsospiza 
Cochabamba Mountain-finch Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae Genus: Compsospiza
Berlepsch, 1893Species 2, see text
Compsospiza is a genus of South American birds known as mountain-finches (a name shared with several other species such as Poospiza caesar and Leucosticte). The two species were previously included in the genus Poospiza, but in 2009 the South American Classification Committee unanimously agreed to resurrect Compsospiza based on plumage, ecology, morphology and genetic evidence. They are restricted to shrubby woodland in the Andes of Bolivia and Argentina, and both have a grey and rufous plumage.
Species
- Cochabamba Mountain-finch, Compsospiza garleppi
- Tucuman Mountain-finch, Compsospiza baeri
References
- Nores, M. (2008). Resurgir el Género Compsospiza. South American Classification Committee. Accessed 27-04-2009.
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