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Plain-tailed Warbling Finch

Microspingus alticola (Salvin, 1895)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Plain-tailed Warbling-finch, Near Micuypampa [3570m], Celendin-Cajamarca Road, Cajamarca, Peru
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Open encyclopedia reference

The plain-tailed warbling finch (Microspingus alticola) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

It is endemic to Peru.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Wikipedia contributors, Plain-tailed warbling finch; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:51:01.909753+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Microspingus alticola (Salvin, 1895)
Name authority: (Salvin, 1895)
Common name: Plain-tailed Warbling Finch
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Microspingus
Extinction status: Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
megaclassTetrapoda
classAves
orderPasseriformes
familyThraupidae
genusMicrospingus Taczanowski, 1874
speciesMicrospingus alticola (Salvin, 1895)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Microspingus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Species	Classification	Source status
Gray-throated Warbling FinchMicrospingus cabanisi (Bonaparte, 1850)	ThraupidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Ringed Warbling FinchMicrospingus torquatus (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)	ThraupidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 291 records assigned to Thraupidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded name	Source status
Poospiza alticola Salvin, 1895 Salvin, 1895	synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

South America

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1189830 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:9G84N. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.