Crimson-breasted Finch

Crimson-breasted Finch
R. cruentus (above)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Rhodospingus Sharpe, 1888
Species:	R. cruentus
Binomial name
Rhodospingus cruentus (Lesson, 1844)

The Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), also known as the Crimson Finch-tanager, is a species of small finch-like bird native to woodland and scrub of western Ecuador and adjacent north-western Peru. It is the monotypic within the genus Rhodospingus. It has traditionally been placed in the family Emberizidae, but is now associated with Thraupidae. It is strongly sexually dichromatic, with males being blackish above and rich orange-red below and on the crown, while females are overall dull greyish-buff.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Rhodospingus cruentus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.

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