Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Near Rioja, San Martin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Near Moyobamba, San Martin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Near Moyobamba, San Martin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Near Moyobamba, San Martin
Status: The Wedge-Tailed Grass-Finch is uncommon and very local occurring in specific locations on the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 800-1450 m. It also occurs in Co, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Sabanero Cola de Cuña.
Sub-species: Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (Emberizoides herbicola sphenurus), (Vieillot), 1818. locally in Colombia, S Ecuador and N Peru.
(Emberizoides herbicola herbicola), (Vieillot), 1817. E Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz and Chuquisaca), C, E & S Brazil (Mato Grosso E to Pernambuco, S to Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, N Argentina (Formosa and Misiones S to Entre Ríos and N Santa Fe) and N Uruguay (Rivera).
Meaning of Name: Emberizoides: Genus Emberiza, Linnaeus, 1758 and Gr. oides= resembling.
herbicola: L. herba= grass and cola, colere= dweller, to dwell.

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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.