Lophospingus | |
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Grey-crested finch (Lophospingus griseocristatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Lophospingus Cabanis, 1878 |
Type species | |
Gubernatrix pusilla Burmeister, 1860
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Lophospingus is a small genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
These finches are mostly gray and have prominent upstanding crests. They live in open habitats in southern South America.[1]