Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Cajamarca, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Cuzco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Lima, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Females | Loc. Cuzco|Lima
Status: The Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch common and widespread on the west slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 2400-4700 m. It also occurs in Ec, Bo, and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Fringilo de Pecho Cenizo.
Sub-species: Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus plebejus ocularis), P. L. Sclater, 1859. Andes of Ecuador S to N Peru (N of Marañón Valley).
(Phrygilus plebejus plebejus), Tschudi, 1844. Andes of Peru (S of Marañón Valley), N Chile (S to Antofagasta) and W Bolivia S to NW & WC Argentina (to Mendoza).
Meaning of Name: Phrygilus: Gr. phrugilos= unidentified bird mentioned by Aristophanes, perhaps some sort of finch or sparrow. plebejus: L. plebs, plebis= people, plebeius= common, ordinary.
- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.