Many-colored Chaco finch

Many-colored Chaco finch
Many-colored Chaco finch at Capivara, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Saltatricula
Burmeister, 1861
Species: S. multicolor
Binomial name
Saltatricula multicolor
(Burmeister, 1860)
Saltatricula multicolor Keulemans, 1889

The many-colored Chaco finch (Saltatricula multicolor) is a songbird found in or near dry woodland in south-central South America in Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. It was formerly considered a member of Emberizidae, but genetic evidence suggests it is a finch-like tanager. It is monotypic within the genus Saltatricula.



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