Order: Passeriformes | Family: Fringillidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Santa Eulalia, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Canta, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Canta, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Males| Loc. Santa Eulalia, Lima
Status: The Yellow-rumped Siskin is rare to uncommon in Andean scrub on the west slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 3200-4200 m. It also occurs in Bo and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Jilguero Cordillerano.
Sub-species: Yellow-rumped Siskin (Spinus uropygialis), P. L. Sclater, 1862.
Meaning of Name: Spinus: Gr. Spinos= unidentified bird mentioned in ancient Greek writing, usually treated as a type of finch. uropygialis: Med. L. uropygium=rump Gr. Ouropugion=bird’s rump.
Formerly known as Sporagra uropygialis (2018).

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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.