Rose-bellied Bunting
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| Passerina rositae (Lawrence, 1874) |
The Rose-bellied Bunting (Passerina rositae) is a species of bird in the Cardinalidae family. It is also know as Rosita's Bunting. It is endemic to a tiny strip of hills along the Pacific slope of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas, where it occurs in arid to semiarid thornforest and gallery woodlands. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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- BirdLife International 2004. Passerina rositae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
- Encyclopedia of Life. Rose-bellied Bunting. Encyclopedia of Life Accessed 19 May 2008
