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Lophospingus
''Lophospingus'' is a small genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. These finches are mostly gray and have prominent upstanding crests. They live in open habitats in southern South America. Taxonomy and species list The genus ''Lophospingus'' was introduced in 1878 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis with the black-crested finch as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''lophos'' meaning "crest" and ''spingos '' meaning "finch". The genus contains two species: References Lophospingus, Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Bird genera {{Thraupidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey-crested Finch
The grey-crested finch (''Lophospingus griseocristatus'') is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia and northwestern Argentina where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and heavily degraded former forest. The bird was Species description, first described in 1837 by the French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye and the French zoologist Alcide d'Orbigny after the latter had collected it on an expedition he undertook for the National Museum of Natural History (France), Paris Museum to South America between 1826 and 1833. Description The grey-crested finch has a distinctive erect, spiky grey crest. Other parts of the bird are grey also, with the underparts being paler than the upper parts, and the belly being whitish. The wings and tail are deeper grey, except for the outer corners of the tail which are white and particularly noticeable in flight. The beak is yellow, pink and grey. The adult length of this fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
