| Slaty finch | |
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| male with leucistic tail. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Haplospiza |
| Species: | H. rustica |
| Binomial name | |
| Haplospiza rustica (Tschudi, 1844) | |
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The slaty finch (Haplospiza rustica) is a bird species in the family Thraupidae (formerly in Emberizidae).
It is found in Central America and the northern Andes. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
