Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Coal-crested Finch (Charitospiza eucosma) - HBW 16, p. 639
French: Charitospize charbonnier
German: Weißwangen-Zwergkardinal
Spanish: Monterita Crestada
Taxonomy: Charitospiza eucosma Oberholser, 1905, Fazenda Valo [= Geral do Valo], near frontier of Minas Gerais, Bahia, Brazil.
Originally named Fringilla ornata, but that name invalid, as preoccupied. Probably belongs in tanager family (Thraupidae), and thought likely to belong in the group that includes Diuca, Lophospingus, Paroaria cardinals and a few others. Monotypic.
Distribution: EC Brazil from SE Pará, S Maranhão and NC Piauí, S to SE Mato Grosso, NW São Paulo and W Minas Gerais; recently found in extreme NE Bolivia (N Santa Cruz) and N Argentina (Tafí del Valle, in Santiago del Estero).
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Male perched in a small bush.
Locality Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 22 July 2012 44 weeks ago 3.6 -
A male in campo cerrado.
Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil
Bradley Davis 6 August 2009 3 years ago 3.5
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A singing male in "cerrado ralo" near corn fields. Locality Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Bradley Davis 2 February 2010 3 years ago 4
