Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lower Marañon Drainage
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lower Marañon Drainage
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lower Marañon Drainage
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lower Marañon Drainage
Status: Endemic. The Little Inca-Finch is fairly common in the lower part of the Maranon Drainage at elevations ranging between 300-900 m.
Name in Spanish: Fringilo-Inca Chico.
Sub-species: Little Inca-Finch (Incaspiza watkinsi), Chapman, 1925.
Meaning of Name: Incaspiza: After the Incas, the native peoples of Peru at the time of the Spanish conquista and Gr. spiza= finch. watkinsi: In honor of Henry “Harry” George Watkins (1886-1933) English collector resident in Peru 1902-1933.
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- 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.