---
title: "Mourning Sierra-Finch"
description: "Rhopospina fruticeti — Birds. The mourning sierra finch (Rhopospina fruticeti) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mourning-sierra-finch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mourning Sierra-Finch

> Rhopospina fruticeti — Birds. The mourning sierra finch (Rhopospina fruticeti) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

- Scientific name: *Rhopospina fruticeti*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 3591
- iNaturalist taxon: [979888](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/979888)

## Names

- en: Mourning Sierra-Finch
- de: Strauchämmerling
- es: Yal
- fr: Incaspize petit-deuil

## Countries with the most observations

AR (1462), CL (1254), PE (339), BO (207), UY (3)

## Summary

The mourning sierra finch (Rhopospina fruticeti) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru and has been recorded as a vagrant to Brazil and the Falkland Islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_sierra_finch

## Photo

![Mourning Sierra-Finch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mourning-sierra-finch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/360083508

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mourning-sierra-finch?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).