Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Juvenile | Sex: Male | Juvenile | Loc. Huaraz|Pasco, Peru
Age: Adult | Juvenile Sex: Male|Juvenile | Loc. Abra Malaga, Cuzco
Age: Adults | Sex: Male|Female | Loc. Cajamarca, Peru
Age: Immature | Immature | Sex: Unknown|Unknown | Loc. Cuzco|Lima, Peru
Status: The Plumbeous Sierra-Finch common and widespread on the west slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 3000-14700 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Bo, and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Fringilo Plomizo.
Sub-species: Plumbeous Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus unicolor geospizopsis), (Bonaparte), 1853. Andes of C & S Colombia (C & E ranges), Ecuador and N Peru.
(Phrygilus unicolor inca), J. T. Zimmer, 1929. Peru S to W Bolivia (La Paz).
(Phrygilus unicolor unicolor), (d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye), 1837. Chile (Arica–Parinacota S to Magallanes) and W Argentina (Mendoza S to Santa Cruz).
Meaning of Name: Phrygilus: Gr. phrugilos= unidentified bird mentioned by Aristophanes, perhaps some sort of finch or sparrow. unicolor: L. uni, unus= single, one and coloris= colour. unicolor= plain, uniform, of one colour.

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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.