Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. Lima, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Females | Loc. Lima, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. Lima, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Lima, Peru
Status: The Mourning Sierra-Finch is common in dry montane scrub on the west slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 2300-4200 m. It also occurs in Bo and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Fringilo de Pecho Negro.
Sub-species: Mourning Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus fruticeti peruvianus), J. T. Zimmer, 1924. Peru (S Cajamarca S to Puno) and W Bolivia (La Paz).
(Phrygilus fruticeti coracinus), P. L. Sclater, 1891. Altiplano of SW Bolivia (in Oruro and Potosí) and adjacent N Chile in regions of Arica–Parinacota (Visviri) and Tarapacá (Isluga).
Meaning of Name: Phrygilus: Gr. phrugilos= unidentified bird mentioned by
fruticeti: L. fruticetum, fruticeti= thicket, one that likes thicket vegetation.

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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.