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title: "Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch"
description: "Emberizoides herbicola — Birds. The wedge-tailed grass finch (Emberizoides herbicola) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/wedge-tailed-grass-finch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch

> Emberizoides herbicola — Birds. The wedge-tailed grass finch (Emberizoides herbicola) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

- Scientific name: *Emberizoides herbicola*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 1244
- Wikidata: [Q2668579](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2668579)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10556](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10556)

## Names

- en: Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch
- de: Keilschwanz-Grastangare
- es: Coludo grande
- fr: Grand Tardivole
- pt: Canário-do-campo
- pl: Trznadlówka ostrosterna

## Countries with the most observations

BR (700), CO (113), AR (107), PA (63), BO (45), GF (21), CR (17), PY (14), UY (12), VE (12), GY (11), PE (7)

## Summary

The wedge-tailed grass finch (Emberizoides herbicola) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and every mainland South American country except Chile.

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

## Photo

![Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wedge-tailed-grass-finch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17415533

## Machine access

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