Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Black-and-rufous Warbling-finch (Poospiza nigrorufa) - HBW 16, p. 624
French: Chipiu noiroux
German: Rotbrust-Ammerfink
Spanish: Monterita Sietevestidos
Other common names: Black-and-chestnut/Chestnut Warbling-finch (whitii and wagneri)
Taxonomy: Emberiza nigro-rufa d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Santa Fe, Argentina.
New molecular data indicate that genus forms a clade with the tanager (Thraupidae) genera Hemispingus and Thlypopsis, and that Compsospiza, which often subsumed within present genus, is sister to that clade. Closest relatives of present species uncertain; further study required. Races whitii and wagneri sometimes treated together as a separate species, differing from nominate in song, habitat, and both juvenile and adult plumages; this treatment seems reasonable, but further details of these differences, in particular vocal differences, are needed. Race wa.. View all taxonomy...
New molecular data indicate that genus forms a clade with the tanager (Thraupidae) genera Hemispingus and Thlypopsis, and that Compsospiza, which often subsumed within present genus, is sister to that clade. Closest relatives of present species uncertain; further study required. Races whitii and wagneri sometimes treated together as a separate species, differing from nominate in song, habitat, and both juvenile and adult plumages; this treatment seems reasonable, but further details of these differences, in particular vocal differences, are needed. Race wagneri poorly differentiated from whitii, and perhaps better synonymized. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- wagneri Stolzmann, 1926 - La Paz (around Mt Chulumaní), in W Bolivia.
- whitii P. L. Sclater, 1883 - Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca and Tarija) and NW & NC Argentina (Salta, Jujuy and Tucumán S to E San Juan and N Mendoza, also W Córdoba and highlands of San Luis).
- nigrorufa (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - SE Brazil (Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay and NE Argentina (E Formosa, Corrientes and Misiones S to E Córdoba, E La Pampa, E Rio Negro and Buenos Aires); non-breeding also SE Paraguay (Ñeembucú, C Paraguay and Alto Paraná regions).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
-
A bird in a tree, singing. Locality Otamendi Natural Reserve, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 4 years ago 40 sec 4.3 -
A bird moving on branches and singing. Locality Otamendi Natural Reserve, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 4 years ago 35 sec 4.2 -
A bird on a branch, shaking its plumage and flying away Locality Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Barry Attridge 4 December 2006 5 years ago 7 sec 3.9 -
A male singing in a bush Locality Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Leslie Lieurance 31 October 2002 7 years ago 25 sec 3.1 -
in response to playback Locality Iguaçu Regional Park, Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil
Leonardo R. Deconto 10 September 2010 2 years ago 37 sec 3 -
in response to playback Locality São Mateus do Sul, Paraná State, Brazil
Leonardo R. Deconto 11 November 2010 2 years ago 18 sec 2
Email this page