Cinereous finch

Cinereous finch
In Sedgwick County Zoo, Kansas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Piezorina
Lafresnaye, 1843
Species:
P. cinerea
Binomial name
Piezorina cinerea
(Lafresnaye, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Guiraca cinerea (protonym)
  • Piezorhina cinerea

The cinereous finch (Piezorina cinerea) is a species of South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Piezorina. It is found in arid coastal regions of northern Peru, with a single record, presumably a straying bird, from immediately adjacent Ecuador.

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