Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Incaspiza (5 species, 5 worldwide)

Genus Incaspiza, Inca Finches, are five tanagers found only in Peru.


Buff-bridled Inca Finch
Buff-bridled Inca Finch (Incaspiza laeta) ENDEMIC
Marañon Canyon, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to Little Inca Finch.

Grey-winged Inca Finch
Grey-winged Inca Finch (Incaspiza ortizi) ENDEMIC
Utco, Cajamarca, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-backed Inca Finch
Rufous-backed Inca Finch (Incaspiza personata) ENDEMIC
Carretera a Huaylas, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Great Inca Finch
Great Inca Finch (Incaspiza pulchra) ENDEMIC
Santa Eulalia, Peru  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.


Little Inca Finch
Little Inca Finch (Incaspiza watkinsi) Vulnerable ENDEMIC
Bagua Grande, Amazonas, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

A Marañon Valley endemic, like the Buff-bridled Inca Finch, but found at lower elevations and does not overlap in range (Athanas).


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