Long-tailed Reed-finch

Long-tailed Reed-finch
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	see text
Genus:	Donacospiza Cabanis, 1851
Species:	D. albifrons
Binomial name
Donacospiza albifrons (Vieillot, 1817)

The Long-tailed Reed-finch (Donacospiza albifrons) is a species of bird traditionally placed in the Emberizidae family. It has been suggested though^[1] that its nearest relations may be the finch-like tanagers of the genus Poospiza in the family Thraupidae. It is the only member of its genus, Donacospiza.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.

Footnotes

1. ^ See Ridgely, R. S., & G. Tudor. 1989. The Birds of South America, vol. 1. P.472. (Univ. Texas Press, Austin).

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Donacospiza albifrons. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.

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