Red Pileated Finch

Red Pileated Finch
Red Pileated Finch
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Coryphospingus
Species: C. cucullatus
Binomial name
Coryphospingus cucullatus
(Müller, 1776)

The Red Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus), also known as the Red-crested Finch, is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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