Cinereous Finch

Cinereous Finch
Cinereous Finch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Piezorhina
Lafresnaye, 1843
Species: P. cinerea
Binomial name
Piezorhina cinerea
Lafresnaye, 1843

Piezorhina is a genus of finch-like tanager. The term cinereous describes its colouration. It contains a single species, the Cinereous Finch (Piezorhina cinerea). It is found in arid coastal northern Peru, with a single record, presumably an straying bird, from immediately adjacent Ecuador.