The buff-throated warbling finch (''Microspingus lateralis'') is a species of

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in the family

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. It is found in forest borders and woodland in south-eastern

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. It was previously considered conspecific with the gray-throated warbling finch, and together they were known as the red-rumped warbling finch. The SACC found enough evidence to split them in 2009.

References

Microspingus Birds of the Atlantic Forest Birds described in 1835 {{Thraupidae-stub