Chestnut-breasted Mountain-finch

Chestnut-breasted Mountain-finch
Chestnut-breasted Mountain-finch
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Poospiza
Species: P. caesar
Binomial name
Poospiza caesar
Sclater & Salvin, 1869
Synonyms
  • Poospizopsis caesar

The Chestnut-breasted Mountain-finch (Poospiza caesar) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

Taxonomy

The species is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Poospizopsis.

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