Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Status: The Black-masked Finch is common but restricted in Peru to the savannah habitat of Pampas del Heath in extreme southeast Peru. It also occurs in Br and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Pinzón Enmascarado.
Sub-species: Black-masked Finch (Coryphaspiza melanotis melanotis), (Temminck), 1822.
Meaning of Name: Coryphaspiza: Gr. koruphos= bird mentioned by Hesychius, but in ornithology always identified with the lark and spiza= finch or spizo= to chirp. melanotis: Gr. melas, melanos= black and otis, otos= ear, eared.

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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.