Species profile
Grey-crested Finch
Lophospingus griseocristatus
Quick answer
Arid Andes of se Bolivia and nw Argentina (Jujuy and Salta)
- Scientific name
- Lophospingus griseocristatus
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Lophospingus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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- Ash-breasted Sierra-finch (Geospizopsis plebejus)
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- Azure-shouldered Tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera)
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Band-tailed Seedeater (Catamenia analis)
- Band-tailed Sierra Finch (Porphyrospiza alaudina)
- Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis)
- Bay-chested Warbling-finch (Castanozoster thoracicus)