EMBERIZIDAE 

      SAFFRON-BILLED SPARROW: Arremon flavirostris dorbignii 

  It inhabits in Yungas Northwest.

    Photographs taken in the Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala, Jujuy province.        

    
      Video 

  SAFFRON-BILLED SPARROW: Arremon flavirostris polionotus

Inhabitant common soil of the jungles in northern Argentina.

               

Photographs taken in the Parque Nacional Mburucuya, Corrientes province.
 

        STRIPE-HEADED BRUSH-FINCH: Arremon torquatus 

   It inhabits in Yungas Northwest.

  Photographs taken in the Potrero de Yala Provincial Park, Jujuy province .

       FULVOUS-HEADED BRUSH-FINCH: Atlapetes fulviceps  

     Inhabitant of the Yungas. In low and middle stratum.

 The photographs were taken in the Potrero de Yala Provincial Park, Jujuy province .

Endemic species

         YELLOW-STRIPED BRUSH-FINCH: Atlapetes citrinellus  

  


   It inhabits in Yungas Northwest. Endemic to Argentina.
 

       The photographs were taken in Reserva Los Sosa, Tucumán province .

                                
       Archivos de Sonido      Video 

         YELLOW CARDINAL: Gubernatrix cristata                                                    

   


Species protected. Inhabits mountains, with a very erratic distribution.

Illustration by Maria Gabriela Arancio.


            
     Sound   

      BLUE-BLACK GRASSQUIT: Volatinia jacarina 


  
  It inhabits forests and jungles.

 

          
                                         Male                                                               Female  

                                              
                       Sound                               Video

        DOUBLE-COLLARED SEEDEATER: Sporophila caerulescens  

   
  
     It inhabits rural areas, low hills and grasslands.

 

                                                
                                                                             Sound                        Video 

      LINED SEEDEAR: Sporophila lineola 

   
       
It inhabits the northern Argentine, reaching the provinces of Santa Fe and Entre Rios.
Illustration by Maria Gabriela Arancio.
 

                 
                                     Fotografías de Nicolas Mancini      

        RUSTY-COLLARED SEEDEATER: Sporophila collaris   

   It inhabits grasslands moist.

       

               
                   Sound   
 

        MARSH SEEDEATER: Sporophila palustris        

    Species at risk. It inhabits grasslands associated with water in the east of our country .

         CHESTNUT SEEDEATER: Sporophila cinnamomea  

   Species at risk. It inhabits grasslands associated with water in the east of our country .

                       
                    Sound   
 

        RUFOUS-RUMPED SEEDEATER: Sporophila hypochroma  

    It inhabits grasslands palustres areas in the east of Argentina.

               
                Sound   

         DARK-THROATED SEEDEATER: Sporophila ruficollis  

   
   
    It inhabits grasslands in palustres areas of northern and central Argentina.



   

                     
                  Sound

         TAWNY-BELLIED SEEDEATER: Sporophila hypoxantha    

   
     
Inhabits wet grasslands of eastern argentina.



    

                              
               Sound   

      BLACK-COLLARED SEEDEATER: Sporophila sp.    

   
  His routine is still uncertain. It may be a new species, although not studied in
      depth, an immature of another species or a hybrid.

   A picture taken beside the A º Ayui, province of Corrientes  
   

         BAND-TAILED SEEDEATER: Catamenia analis  

  

        
  It inhabits grasslands, steppes and rural areas.
 

                                                
                     Female                                            Sound                          Videos        
           

        PLAIN-COLOURED SEEDEATER: Catamenia inornata  

    Inhabits high Andean steppes and mountain pastures of northwest and central Argentinas.

                                       

 Photographs taken in the Valles Calchaquíes, Salta province and Pampa de Achala,
Córdoba province.

       COMMON DIUCA-FINCH: Diuca diuca 

       The monotypic species inhabits the western Argentina, from Mendoza to Santa Cruz.
   
        
              
  
                       
                    Sound   
 

       COMMON DIUCA-FINCH: Diuca diuca minor

       Subspecies of similar color and similar behavior, slightly lower. Inhabits steppe
      patagonica and the center of the country, migrating to the northern provinces in winter.

        COMMON DIUCA-FINCH: Diuca diuca crassirostris

       

    The northern subspecies is something bigger peak. It lives from Cordoba
to the west of Argentina, to Jujuy.
 

                  
       Photographs taken in Yavi, Jujuy province.

                                
                          Photographs taken in the mountains of La Rioja province.

           
             Video

       GRASSLAND YELLOW-FINCH: Sicalis luteola  

    Flocks many in open areas, lowland forests, grasslands.

                           
                  Sound          Video   
                 
 

        SAFFRON YELLOW-FINCH: Sicalis flaveola 

    It inhabits lowland forests and grasslands.

                 

                              
       Sound                                        Videos
           

        PATAGONIAN YELLOW-FINCH: Sicalis lebruni

    Inhabits Patagonian steppes.

    The photographs were taken in Punta Lomas, Chubut province .

   GREATER YELLOW-FINCH: Sicalis auriventris 

    Inhabits high Andean steppes.

 

The photographs were taken in Puente del Inca and Aconcagua Provincial Park, Mendoza province .

                     
                           Sound 

    PUNA YELLOW-FINCH: Sicalis lutea

   Inhabits steppes altoandinas northwest.

    The photographs were taken in Abra Pampa, Jujuy province .

        GREENISH YELLOW-FINCH: Sicalis olivascens  

  


It inhabits the steppes and high Andean Puna.
 

      
   

     Photographs were taken in the Puna, Jujuy province and mountains of La Rioja province.     

       BRIGHT-RUMPED YELLOW-FINCH: Sicalis uropygialis 

        Inhabits steppes and high Andean prepuna in the northwest.
 

 

     The photographs were taken in Abra Pampa, Jujuy province.

       CITRON-HEADED YELLOW-FINCH: Sicalis luteocephala 

   
        Inhabits andean steppes in the Jujuy province.

                  

                 Photographs and video taken in Yavi, Jujuy province.

          
               Video           

      BAND-TAILED SIERRA-FINCH: Phrygilus alaudinus  

    Inhabits high Andean steppes and mountain pastures of northwest and central Argentina.

  

  Photographs taken at Pampa de Achala, Cordoba province.
 

     PLUMBEOUS SIERRA-FINCH: Phrygilus unicolor  
 

   


It inhabits grasslands and steppes high Andean mountain West and central Argentina.
 

      
    Photographs taken at Pampa de Achala, Córdoba. Females on the right in El Chalten, Santa Cruz.


Photographs and videos taken in Merlo, San Luis province.

              
                  Videos 

           ASH-BREASTED SIERRA-FINCH: Phrygilus plebejus  
  

  
 
Inhabits high Andean steppes.

 

      
  Photographs taken in Pampa de Achala, Córdoba province.

                 
Photographs taken in Merlo, San Luis province.

              
                  Videos 

       GREY-HOODED SIERRA-FINCH: Phrygilus gayi 

  

 It inhabits arid of Andean and  Patagonia.

 

                       
            Sound                      

The photographs of the young was taken in the Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz province .
The adult was photographed in the Mountains National Park of Las Quijadas, San Luis province.
The top photo was taken in the Parque Provincial Aconcagua, Mendoza province.
 

         PATAGONIAN SIERRA-FINCH: Phrygilus patagonicus 

   Inhabits Forest Araucano.

     Photographs taken in the Lanin National Park, Neuquen province.

                
                  Video

      BLACK-HOODED SIERRA-FINCH: Phrygilus atriceps 

   It inhabits the steppes and prepuna altoandinas in northwestern Argentina.

   Photographs taken in Yavi, Jujuy province and Iruya, Salta province.
 

         RED-BACKED SIERRA-FINCH: Phrygilus dorsalis

    Inhabits tall steppe in the northwest and central Argentina.

    Photographs taken on El Peñón, on the way to  Laguna Brava, La Rioja province.
 

         MOURNING SIERRA-FINCH: Phrygilus fruticeti  

    Inhabits bushes and steppes.      
 

 
                                                               Male     

   
                                                             Female                       

         
               Sound                                   

Endemic species

        CARBONATED SIERRA-FINCH: Phrygilus carbonarius

    Endemic Species. It inhabits the Patagonian steppe, migrating north in winter.

                   

     Photographs taken at Peninsula Valdes, Chubut Province

        BLACK-CRESTED FINCH: Lophospingus pusillus 

   

  It inhabits the Chaco forest and savannah.

 

    The photographs were taken in Quilíno and Cerro Colorado, Córdoba province.
 

       RED PILEATED-FINCH: Coryphospingus cucullatus  

   
     
   It inhabits forests, shrublands, forests of central and northern Argentina.



 
               

                                                   

        Photographs of individuals ringed Relinchos Biological Station, Cruz Grande, Córdoba province.   

         STRIPE-CAPPED SPARROW: Rhynchospiza strigiceps  

     Inhabits Chaco forest, jungles, scrub.
 

         
         Sound   

      RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROW: Zonotrichia capensis                                          

    It is the bird known and more widespread. Different environments throughout the country.




                 

                                      
   Video            Sound                           Sequence of feeding a pigeon "adoptive" of Molothrus bonariensis"

                                  
             "Incubator"                    Eggs without pigmentation                  Eggs "normal"         Nest on the ground
                                                   infested by  Molothrus bonariensis

The Southern Race  owns the head with gray lines not so remarkable. The song is different (recorded in Patagonia)
similar to the western Argentine race (recording obtained in Mendoza).
       


                                                                                                                          
            Sound (Southern Race)                                   Sound  (western race )                       

        GRASSLAND SPARROW: Ammodramus humeralis  

    It inhabits lowland forests and grasslands.
 

                                                                      
                     
            Sound                      Sonogram

         TUCUMAN MOUNTAIN-FINCH: Compsospiza baeri  

 
    Considered endemic, was registered in the department of Tarija in Bolivia. Inhabits moist gullies with low vegetation in the provinces of Tucumán, Salta, Jujuy, Catamarca and La Rioja.
Some more than others monterita. Slate gray tinged with olive. Chestnut front, middle brow, throat, and subcaudal. Quiet, but anxious. Earthman.

              
    The photographs were taken in El Infiernillo, Tucuman province.

             
               Video

        CINNAMON WARBLING-FINCH: Poospiza ornata                                            

    Considered endemic until a few years ago, has been observed in the Republica Oriental del Uruguay.
Inhabits shrub steppes and forests.

  Photographs taken in Cerro Colorado, Córdoba province.              

       RUSTY-BROWNED WAMBLING-FINCH: Poospiza erythrophrys  

  


  It inhabits the Yungas Northwest Argentina.

 

       Photographs taken in the Potrero de Yala Provincial Park, Jujuy Province.

               
               Sound   

        RUFOUS-SIDED WARLING-FINCH: Poospiza hypochondria  

     It inhabits grasslands tall. Prepuna.

       The photographs were taken the Valles Calchaquíes, Salta Province.
 

         RED-RUMPED WARBLING-FINCH: Poospiza lateralis 

   
        It inhabits gallery forests in the Parana islands.

                                             

                             
                   Sound   
 

      BLACK-AND-RUFOUS WARBLING-FINCH: Poospiza nigrorufa 

    It inhabits grasslands and scrub. 
The race west, is considered by some writers as different species (P. whitii)

                 

                                    
                     Sound                            Sonogram 

     BLACK-AND CHESTNUT WARBLING-FINCH: Poospiza whitii 

                                                                   Species not yet recognized by the SACC (South American Classification Committee)

Like to Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch (Poospiza nigrorufa), considered by some authors as
races of the same species. Inhabit the area mountainous northern and central parts of the country.
 

                                          
Photographs of individuals ringed Relinchos Biological Station, Cruz Grande,
Córdoba province.   

                             
                    Sound                                Sonogram          

       RINGED WARBLING-FINCH: Poospiza torquata  

  


    Inhabits steppes and savannas of northern and central Argentina.
The photographs were taken in Quilíno and Cerro Colorado, Cordoba province .
The recording in Reserva Provincial Telteca, Mendoza province.

                               
                  Sound   
 

        BLACK-CAPPED WARBLING-FINCH: Poospiza melanoleuca  


   
        It inhabits grasslands and scrub. 



           
                           Female                                                                             Male

                                    
                Sound                     Video  

       LONG-TAILED REED-FINCH: Donacospiza albifrons 

   
        It inhabits grasslands.

      
 

        LESSER GRASS-FINCH: Emberizoides ypiranganus  

    It inhabits grasslands and rushes of northeastern Argentina.

         Photographs taken at the Provincial Book Ibera, Corrientes province.

       WEDGE-TAILED GRASS-FINCH: Emberizoides herbicola  

    It inhabits grasslands of humid northeast.

 

        Photographs taken at the Provincial Book Ibera, Corrientes province.

                        
                        Sound

        GREAT PAMPA-FINCH: Embernagra platensis platensis 

   It inhabits grasslands. Two races. 

          
                                                                                                                                       Nest infested by Molothrus bonariensis
                             
                                    Youth                                                            Sound                                     Videos      
 

       OLIVE PAMPA-FINCH: Embernagra platensis olivascens

    The western race is considered by some authors as a distinct species. The most distinctive feature is the shape and size of the peak. 


                   
                                                                                                                                 Youth

     
              Video           

       MANY-COLOURED CHACO-FINCH: Saltatricula multicolor  

                                                   INCERTAE SEDIS (specie of uncertain taxonomic classification)
   
    Inhabits Chaco forest and savannah.
 

The photographs were taken in Viale,  Entre Rios province, Reserva Provincial Telteca, Mendoza province.
Bialet Masse and Cerro Colorado, Córdoba province.

                          
                Sound                                  Videos