No. 70 (2025), Novel Records
No. 70 (2025)

New record of the Black-crested Finch (Lophospingus pusillus) in Mendoza, Argentina, and a review of its current distribution in the province

Novel Records
Published 04.03.2025
Mauricio Cuéllar-Ramírez
Biología de Aves – Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Áridas IADIZA, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina
Luciana López
Biología de Aves – Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Áridas IADIZA, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina
Paulo E. Llambías
Biología de Aves – Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Áridas IADIZA, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina
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Keywords

Black-crested Finch (Lophospingus pusillus)
confiscation
distribution
information gaps
status
Thraupidae

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Cuéllar-Ramírez, Mauricio, Luciana López, and Paulo E. Llambías. 2025. “New Record of the Black-Crested Finch (Lophospingus Pusillus) in Mendoza, Argentina, and a Review of Its Current Distribution in the Province”. Nuestras Aves, no. 70 (March): 141-43. https://doi.org/10.56178/na.vi70.1061.
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Abstract

The Black-crested Finch (Lophospingus pusillus) is a passerine (Thraupidae) endemic to South America that mainly inhabits Chaco forests, forest edges and grasslands. In Argentina it is found from the province of Salta and Jujuy, east of the Andes to west of Córdoba, north of San Luis and south and east of San Juan, with sporadic records for the province of Mendoza. Here we report a new record on the outskirts of the city of Mendoza. A male was observed, photographed and recorded, joining a Saffron Finches (Sicalis flaveola) flock. Since the Black-crested Finch is an ornamental bird, it could be an escaped or released individual.

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