Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Rhopospina

Band-tailed Sierra Finch

Rhopospina alaudina

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Porphyrospiza alaudina → Rhopospina alaudina

Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Tomás Carranza Perales · CC_BY_4_0

Rhopospina alaudina alaudina

Andes of Chile (Atacama to Valdivia)
Rhopospina alaudina bipartita

Andes of western Ecuador and Peru (southward to Arequipa)
Rhopospina alaudina bracki

central Peru (arid inter-Andean of upper Río Huallaga)
Rhopospina alaudina excelsa

Andes of southern Peru (Puno) and Bolivia
Rhopospina alaudina humboldti

coastal southern Ecuador and northern Peru (southward to Piura)
Rhopospina alaudina venturii

Andes of Argentina (Jujuy and Salta to Tucumán and western Córdoba)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.