Black-and-rufous Warbling-finch (Poospiza nigrorufa)
Black-and-rufous Warbling-finch, Barra do Quaraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, August 2004 - click for larger image Barra do Quaraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
August 2004

The Black-and-rufous Warbling-finch is distributed from central Argentina through south-east Paraguay and Uruguay into south-east Brazil. It is found in shrubs, trees and gardens and is often associated with water.

Many authorities, such as the AOU lump this species with Black-and-chestnut Warbling-finch Poospiza whitii (see http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCProp79.html for the discussion on this.)

Upperparts are browny-grey while underparts are cinnamon-rufous with white in the centre of the belly. The cheeks are dark and there is a whitish superciliary.
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