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title: "Long-tailed Reed Finch"
description: "Donacospiza albifrons — Uccelli. The long-tailed reed finch (Donacospiza albifrons) is a species of South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/long-tailed-reed-finch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-tailed Reed Finch

> Donacospiza albifrons — Uccelli. The long-tailed reed finch (Donacospiza albifrons) is a species of South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Donacospiza albifrons*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 952
- Wikidata: [Q908582](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908582)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10715](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10715)

## Names

- en: Long-tailed Reed Finch
- de: Riedammerfink
- es: Cachilo canela
- fr: Donacospize des marais
- nl: Donacospiza
- pt: Tico-tico-do-banhado
- pl: Trzcinowiec

## Countries with the most observations

AR (614), BR (193), UY (101), PY (16)

## Summary

The long-tailed reed finch (Donacospiza albifrons) is a species of South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of its genus Donacospiza.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.

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

## Photo

![Long-tailed Reed Finch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-tailed-reed-finch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66379134

## Machine access

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