Little Inca finch

Little Inca finch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: see text
Genus: Incaspiza
Species: I. watkinsi
Binomial name
Incaspiza watkinsi
Chapman, 1925

The little Inca finch (Incaspiza watkinsi) is a species of bird traditionally placed in the Emberizidae family, but it may be more closely related to the Thraupidae. Its current family status is incertae sedis.

It is endemic to Peru where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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