Bay-chested warbling finch
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The bay-chested warbling finch (Castanozoster thoracicus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Taxonomy
The bay-chested warbling finch was formally described in 1835 by the Finnish naturalist Alexander von Nordmann from a specimen collected in Brazil. He coined the binomial name Fringilla thoracica.[1] This species was traditionally placed in the genus Poospiza.[2] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus was polyphyletic.[3] In the subsequent reorganisation the bay-chested warbling finch was moved to its own newly erected genus Castanozoster. The name combines the Ancient Greek καστανό meaning "chestnut" with ζωστήρ meaning "belt".[4][5] The bay-chested warbling finch is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[5]
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