Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: L males| R Females | Loc. Cuzco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Males| Female | Loc. Lima|Arequipa
Age: Adult | Sex: Male| Female | Loc. Lima|Arequipa
Age: Sub-adult | Sex: Male| Female | Loc. Lima|Cuzco
Status: The Band-tailed Sierra-Finch is uncommon in open country on the west slope of the Andes and inter-Andean valleys at elevations ranging from sea level to 4000 m. It also occurs in Ec, Bo, and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Fringilo de Cola Bandeada.
Sub-species: Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (Porphyrospiza alaudinus humboldti), Koepcke, 1963. SW Ecuador and NW Peru.
(Porphyrospiza alaudinus bipartitus) J. T. Zimmer, 1924. highlands of Ecuador S through coastal slope in Peru to extreme N Chile (Putre, in Arica–Parinacota region).
(Porphyrospiza alaudinus bracki), O’Neill and T. A. Parker, 1997. Huallaga Valley, in C Peru.
(Porphyrospiza alaudinus excelsus), Berlepsch, 1906. S Peru (highlands of Arequipa and Puno) and W Bolivia.
Meaning of Name: Porphyrospiza: Gr. porphyrio, porphyro= purple or purplish color and spiza= finch. alaudinus: L. alauda= lark, alaudinus= lark-like, of a lark.
Formerly known as Phrygilus alaudinus (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.