Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Black-masked Finch (Coryphaspiza melanotis) - HBW 16, p. 640
French: Coryphaspize à joues noires
German: Schwarzkopfammer
Spanish: Cachilo Enmascarado
Other common names: Black-eared Finch
Taxonomy: Emberizoides melanotis Temminck, 1822, Ipanema, São Paulo, Brazil.
This species most likely belongs in tanager family (Thraupidae); aspects of plumage, tail shape, juvenile plumage and song suggest that it may be related to Embernagra and Emberizoides. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- marajoara Sick, 1967 - Marajó I (mouth of R Amazon in Pará), in N Brazil.
- melanotis (Temminck, 1822) - extreme SE Peru (Madre de Dios), E Bolivia (La Paz and Beni), C & EC Brazil (E Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul E to Minas Gerais and São Paulo), E Paraguay, and NE Argentina (Corrientes).
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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A close lateral view of a male perched and calling Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (ssp melanotis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 4 years ago 39 sec 4.6 -
Two views of a male perched and calling Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (ssp melanotis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 4 years ago 28 sec 4.3 -
A male standing on a leave and calling, then flying to a branch Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (ssp melanotis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 4 years ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A bird singing on a branche. Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Yoel Jimenez 1 October 2005 2 years ago 30 sec 2.8
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A perched male.
Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (ssp melanotis)
Nick Athanas 2 October 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird sitting up on an exposed perch in grassland.
Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (ssp melanotis)
Scott Olmstead 15 October 2007 2 years ago 3
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High-pitched calls from an adult male. Locality Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Bradley Davis 2 February 2010 1 year ago 3
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