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Crested Finches
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Crested Finches

Lophospingus

Lophospingus is a small genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

These finches are mostly gray and have prominent upstanding crests. They live in open habitats in southern South America.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Black-crested Finch

speciesLophospingus pusillus

Gray-crested Finch

speciesLophospingus griseocristatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 10401.