Cinnamon warbling finch explained

The cinnamon warbling finch (Poospiza ornata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Argentina.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

The cinnamon warbling finch was formally described in 1865 by the German ornithologist Christian Ludwig Landbeck under the binomial name Phrygilus ornatus.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Landbeck . Christian Ludwig . Christian Ludwig Landbeck . 1865 . Cuatro especies nuevas de pájaros, descubiartas en la pendiente oriental de la cordillera que separa a la provincia de Santiago de la de Mendoza. — Comunicacion de don Federico Leybold a la Facultad de ciencias físicas en 20 de abril de 1865 . Anales de la Universidad de Chile . 26 . 712-718 [717] .