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Crimson breasted finch

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Rhodospingus cruentus

Higher classification
  
Rhodospingus

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Thraupidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
Rhodospingus Sharpe, 1888

Similar
  
Nightingale Island finch, Short‑tailed finch, Cinereous finch, Vilcabamba brush finch, Black‑capped sparrow

The crimson-breasted finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), also known as the crimson finch-tanager, is a species of small finch-like bird native to woodland and scrub of western Ecuador and adjacent north-western Peru. It is the monotypic within the genus Rhodospingus. It has traditionally been placed in the family Emberizidae, but is now associated with Thraupidae. It is strongly sexually dichromatic, with males being blackish above and rich orange-red below and on the crown, while females are overall dull greyish-buff.

References

Crimson-breasted finch Wikipedia