Tucumán Mountain Finch
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The Tucumán mountain finch (''Poospiza baeri'') is a species of
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family Thraupidae. It is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to shrubby woodland in the
Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
of north-western
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
, but it is possible its distribution extends marginally into adjacent
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. Together with the closely related Cochabamba mountain finch, it is placed in the genus '' Poospiza''.Nores, M. 2008.
Resurgir el Género Compsospiza.
'' South American Classification Committee. Accessed 27-04-2009.
It is threatened by
habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...
.


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Tucumán mountain finch Birds of the Southern Andean Yungas Endemic birds of Argentina Tucumán mountain finch Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Thraupidae-stub