Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Great Inca-finch (Incaspiza pulchra) - HBW 16, p. 618

French: Chipiu remarquable German: Inkaammer Spanish: Incaspiza Alirrufo
Other common names: Great Inca-sparrow

Taxonomy: Haemophila pulchra P. L. Sclater, 1886, Matucana, upper River Rímac valley, about 8000 feet [c. 2440 m], Lima, Peru.
Forms a superspecies, and sometimes considered conspecific, with I. personata and I. ortizi. Monotypic.

Distribution: W slope of Andes (in Ancash and Lima), in W Peru.