Buff-bridled Inca-Finch (Incaspiza laeta)

Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cajamarca, Peru

buff-bridled_inca-finch
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cajamarca, Peru

buff-bridled_inca-finch
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cajamarca, Peru

buff-bridled_inca-finch
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cajamarca, Peru


Identification & Behavior: ~14.5 cm (5.7 in). The Buff-bridled Inca-Finch has a rufous mantle, gray wing coverts and rest of the wing. The head is gray with a black mask and broad buff malar stripes. The bill and legs are bright orange. The tail is gray with white outer tail feathers. It forages on or near the ground in deciduous forest and scrub. The Buff-bridled Inca-Finch is similar to the Gray-winged Inca-Finch and the Rufous-backed Inca-Finch but is distinguished by a small size and broad buff malar stripes.

Status: Endemic. The Buff-bridled Inca-Finch is common in the middle and upper Marañon drainage at elevations ranging between 1000-2700 m.

Name in Spanish: Fringilo-Inca de Frenillo Anteado.

Sub-species: Buff-bridled Inca-Finch (Incaspiza laeta), (Salvin), 1895.

Meaning of Name: Incaspiza: After the Incas, the native peoples of Peru at the time of the Spanish conquista and Gr. spiza= finch. laeta: L. laetus= bright, joyful.

See more of the Family Thraupidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.