White-winged Diuca-finch Diuca speculifera

Chilean name: Diuca de alas blancas
White-winged Diuca-finch, P. N. Lauca, Chile, February 2007 - click for larger image Parque Nacional Lauca, Chile
February 2007

The White-winged Diuca-finch is distributed in the high Andes of central and southern Peru, western Bolivia and the extreme north of Chile and Argentina. It is found at the borders of bofedal marshes at between 3,800m and 5,000m.

White-winged Diuca-finch, P. N. Lauca, Chile, February 2007 - click for larger image It is grey above with black wings. It has a conspicuous white crescent below the eye, a white patch on the wing and a white throat. The edges of the tail are also white.
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