| Poospiza | |
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| Black-and-rufous warbling finch (Poospiza nigrorufa) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Poospiza Cabanis, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Emberiza nigrorufa D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
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Poospiza is a genus of finch-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae that are found in both the South American lowlands and the Andes mountains. Generally they are arboreal feeders in light woodland and scrub. All have extensive grey to their plumage, and have—often bold—white or rufous markings.[1]
- ^ Ridgely & Tudor (1989) pp.453-460