Species profile
Slaty-backed Hemispingus
Poospiza goeringi
Quick answer
Andes of w Venezuela (Mérida and n Táchira)
- Scientific name
- Poospiza goeringi
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Poospiza
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
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- Band-tailed Sierra Finch (Porphyrospiza alaudina)
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