Species profile
Spinus nigricauda
Spinus nigricauda
Quick answer
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 112752, adult male, collected on the Paramo of Santa Isabel, 12,700 ft, ca. 04.47 N, 75.26 W (Paynter, 1997), Central Andes, Colombia, on 15 September 1911, by Arthur A. Allen and Leo E. Miller (no. 392).
- Scientific name
- Spinus nigricauda
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Spinus
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