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Rufous-sided warbling finch

species of bird

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ28871837 ↗
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The rufous-sided warbling finch (Poospizopsis hypocondria) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the Andes of Bolivia and northern Argentina as well as the Sierras de Córdoba.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

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This entry incorporates text from “Rufous-sided warbling finch” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.